Painting project

[Leroy Eckert]

I have not used that product. I would expect that you could thin the final coat
(I use three coats with Impron)with a little more reducer to create a wet coat
to get the paint to lay out if you are not satisfied. Just do not get in a
hurry.That is what I did with Imron on my airplane.
To aid in prep work, the most important part of a paint job, I use a hand held
sand blaster I purchased from the paint store. Blasting sand from Ace Hardware
can speed up the prep process over rivets and tight spots. You gotta shower when
finished. The rain drop spots may be able to be removed by wet sanding and
buffing with compound.
Looks really good. Great job.
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Bradner
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Painting project


No, it is Nason 2K Full-Than Urethane (another Dupont product). No clear coat.

On 7/16/2007 at 4:46 PM Leroy Eckert wrote:

>Looks like a nice job Don. Is that Imron paint?
>Leroy Eckert
>1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
>Niceville, FL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Bradner
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:05 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Painting project
>
>
> Our ongoing lengthy project list since we acquired Blue Thunder in
>January includes replacement of old operational equipment such as
>batteries, shocks, tires, and alternators; physical changes to agree with
>our wants, such as washer/dryer, bookcase/desk/office chair, and bay
>slideout trays; and cosmetic items.
>
> The latter is/was primarily paint. Several years in the Arizona sun had
>baked much of the clear coat off on both sides and the back. The front cap
>is fine, but has likely been repainted at some point. I did the worst
>single spot (blue on the back cap) before we left for a month of travels
>in early May, and the rest has been my most time-consuming project since
>we got back.
>
> I'm pretty much a neophyte when it comes to spray-painting, so this has
>been a learning experience with a lot of picking the brains at the local
>Dupont shop, where most of the guys have body-shop experience. The bulk of
>the labor, of course, is in surface prep and masking.
>
> I looked through the pictures I have on hand to find a couple that were
>illustrative of the problem and tried to take similar "after" pictures.
>The first one, http://tinyurl.com/2w53e2 was taken in February in Casa
>Grande. It is part of a telephoto shot, so there's quite a bit of
>fore-shortening, and the lighting was very flat which reduced contrast,
>but you can see the missing clear coat pretty well.
>
> Since the blue heats up more, it is much more affected than the stripes;
>in fact the side stripes below the bend are fine and were left alone. The
>area below the stripes (what do you call that piece, anyway? Looks
>designed to direct water flow from the roof outward) was a particular
>problem. It is a compound curve, making sanding with a block difficult. It
>was missing clear coat in oval patterns, with the areas over ribs still
>holding the coat. Trying to feather the edges didn't work well, as
>clearcoat kept peeling away, so it was essentially necessary to sand it
>all.
>
> The upper part of the gold and red stripes weren't as bad looking, but
>still had bad peeling. This picture: http://tinyurl.com/2w6ukx was taken
>in Phoenix by the inspector we hired pre-purchase.
>
> Here are the after links for roughly the same two views:
> http://tinyurl.com/2kjvqo
> http://tinyurl.com/2jv2lf
>
> I'm pretty happy with the results, although I did get a small,
>unpredicted, rain shower about an hour after I finished the other side
>late last week, and there are some pock marks in the paint on three
>panels. You can't really tell from the ground, so I'm waiting until it is
>cured a bit more to see what a bit of 1500-grit sanding and polishing does.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
>
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