Hello all,
I=99ve been furloughed from my flying job and now have a fair bit
of time on my hands to get on with my project. My fuselage is the next
major job, to mate the halves, but since I need a small army to help me
and we have Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, no friends around, I am
looking for other projects. Filling and sanding the wings sounds like a
great Covid goal, however I have been advised to start with the
tailplanes, a good idea. I do recall though that the fuselage to
tailplane moulding is offset somewhat one one side, requiring a buildup
and was wondering how other people have addressed this problem? I am
then going to launch into the Smooth Prime system I think, just needing
to read more on the system but the link below doesn=99t lead to
their site anymore.I=99ll keep trying to find it. Would
people recommend SuperFill as the easiest filler to use, or is there
other sandable alternatives?
Thanks.
Regards
Tony Renshaw
> On 22 Feb 2012, at 4:48 am, Steven Pitt <steven.pitt2@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
>
> John et al,
> I did my trigear in Smooth Prime for all the positives that have
already been stated. I then had the aircraft professionally painted
(rather than by me) and after 5 years I am still very happy with the
results. However one other UK builder has not had such a good result
with the same Smooth Prime and same painter although it is being
rectified in good order.
> I was always told that damp was the main problem with the Poly Fiber
system ie it has to be absolutely dry before top coating and I know that
mine went into a newly built oven on a low heat after having 'cured' in
my garage for a couple of years after I painted the primer on.
> I was interested to hear that the recommendation is now to seal with
an epoxy primer and I can see the logic but who does it - the builder or
the painter and does the primer also need sanding down.
> At the end of the day you pays your money and ........
> As I said I was delighted with my aircraft finish and would recommend
Smooth Prime again with the caveat.
> Regards
> Steve Pitt
> G-SMDH
> Trigear XS 912S
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: John Wigney <mailto:johnwigney@windstream.net>
>> To: Fred Klein <mailto:fklein@orcasonline.com> ; Europa-List
<mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:55 PM
>> Subject: Europa-List: Re : Smooth Prime
>>
>> Hi Fred,
>>
>> I did my whole plane with Smooth Prime. I found it very easy to apply
with a small diameter foam roller and small plastic paint tray.
Instructions are at http://www.polyfiber.com/uvsmooth/
<http://www.polyfiber.com/uvsmooth/>
>>
>> I did the 3 coats and sanded down with 320 grit. Sanded down again
with 320 after another 3 coats. Sanding of Smooth Prime to get a good
finish is very easy. As I remember the dilution, if any, was as
specified on the can. I sprayed Aerothane topcoat after this with good
results. I understand that some have had problems with the topcoat
possibly due to inadequate drying of the water based Smooth Prime.
Instructions are very clear that it should be left for 3 weeks to dry.
Poly Fiber now recommend sealing the Smooth Prime with epoxy primer. I
did not do this as it was not specified when I did the job.
>>
>> Re quantity, I do not remember. Suggest you start with 1 gallon and
see how you get on.
>>
>> Cheers, John
>>
>>
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE
>> From: Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com>
<mailto:fklein@orcasonline.com>
>> Subject: Europa-List: Smooth Prime
>> To those of you who have used Smooth Prime on their Europa XS...Have
you used it JUST on the filled/foam control surfaces?...or on the ENTIRE
airframe?
>> In either case, how much material is necessary for the required THREE
(undiluted) COATS before sanding?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Fred
>>
>>
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