I chose to fly my plane in primer prior to painting it a year later. I used K36
Primer made by PPG, which is dark gray in color. The reason for flying in
primer
was the same as others; not wanting to make changes to a plane after it
has been painted. Since I live in Las Vegas, NV which is a rather warm climate,
I was fairly certain I would be making changes to the cowling (my own design)
in an effort to keep it cool on the ground.
I did not experience any warping of the flying surfaces or any part of the plane
for that matter. However, it is more work to go this route than I originally
though. I was under the impression I would be able to clean the primer and
then prep it for painting. Not so. My mentor (Lynn Elsner )required that I
first
wash the old primer to remove as much of the surface contamination and then
completely sand off all of the old primer and apply a fresh coat of primer
prior to prepping it for paint. While it was a considerable effort to primer
the plane effectively twice, flying in primer was the right call for me.
Erich Trombley
N28ET Classic Mono 914
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