Painting where clearcoat has peeled

[Leroy Eckert]

Base coat, clear coat is not really difficult to use. My bus got the crap beat
out of it in an SPI gail. I have repainted it and no one could ever find the
area if not previously known.

Your paint codes should be on the frame behind the engine above the bumper.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL



----- Original Message -----
From: Don Bradner
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Painting where clearcoat has peeled


I added a new picture at the bottom that approximates the view in the original
peeling picture. That original picture was taken by the inspector I hired to
look at the Bird before I had seen it.

It rained this morning, so I had to wait for it to dry some. There is still
water pooled below the marker lights in the picture.

On 4/6/2007 at 5:11 PM gnburke@... wrote:

>Don, Good looking bus. Do you have a closer picture of the finished paint
>job, as a little further out than the first pic., but closer than the last
>finished pic. I have some of the same paint problems, along with some
>peeling. Am looking for a (quick and cheep), way to get it to hold until
>next year. Have to many other issures to deal with at present. BTY, were
>you ever in the USAF? G.Burke 77FC 31 Charlotte
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Bradner
> To: wanderlodgeforum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 3:44 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Painting where clearcoat has peeled
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> Blue Thunder has peeling clearcoat all along the upper edges. I'm not
>likely to spring for a full paint job, so my choices were to do nothing,
>or attempt some spot repair.
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> The back cap was the worst, depending on angle and lighting. I tried
>some test spots of fresh clear-coat, but the colors did not match, so I
>decided to paint.
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> Over the past couple of days, because we had good weather for it, I did
>the largest area which is blue. Clearcoat was removed with plastic scraper
>and 220-grit sandpaper, then everything was sanded with 400-grit.
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> I used Dupont Nason 2K Ful-Thane urethane, which does not need a
>clearcoat. Saves a lot of work and about half the cost. The results are
>not professional, but more than adequate especially for an area 11 feet
>off the ground where nobody is going to be looking at it closely.
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> I've put up a page with before/during/after pictures at
>http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/painting.cfm
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> I probably won't get to the rest of the blue, or the red and gold
>portions, until sometime this summer.
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> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
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Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA





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