Pietenpol-List: Oil Based Paint

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Original Posted By: Leo Powning
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Oil Based PaintThe paint we used as a base coat on the entire plane, and finish coat on the wing, is Rust-Oleum Oil Based Enamel, Aluminum color, pt # 7715. This paint has a lot of aluminum iridescence in it, giving it it's color. It serves two purposes: one is to eliminate UV rays, the other is to lock the fibers of the fabric together. This paint serves both purposes very well. I made a couple of test panels, about 2' X 2', one using the 1.8 oz material, the other with 2.7 oz material (homebuilders fabric, from AS&S), to get a feel for how much paint should be applied, and how to apply it. I also put 2" reinforcing tape on the test panels, using Poly-Tac. I found the aluminum paint would keep forming little pinholes over the Poly-Tac, but the rest of the material would saturate, and cover very well. I also found that if I had too much paint on my brush, that it would saturate the material quickly, and run on the inside, thus I could not brush out the runs. After the first coat, I held it up to a light, and could not see any light coming thru, except for where the pin holes were. The second coat of paint on the 2" strips took care of the pin holes. I then cut a section out of the test panel, wrinkled it up, flattened it out, and the paint would not come off. It did, however, leave a little bit of aluminum color on my fingers. When I was prepared to paint the wing, I initially applied paint only on the poly-tac, for the first coat. I used a 4" fine bristle brush. For the first coat on the entire wing, I dipped it in the can, no more than 1/4" or so. This took a lot of time, but I was able to avoid runs on the inside of the wing. The second and third coat went on much quicker, because I didn't have to worry about runs on the inside of the wing. After fine sanding the aluminum paint, we used 'Red Devil' Polyurethane, Oil Base Enamel, (Chinese Red, pt # 1207) on the fuselage, and trim paint on the wing. It worked out really well, looks great. Chuck GantzerWichita KS________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 05:17:11 -0700 (PDT)

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Original Posted By: Don Mosher
"Ian Holland" Thanks for the responses. -=Ian=-________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:11:16 -0500

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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
If your just doing 1/16" gussets, I suggest just using a sharp utilityknife. I did mine this way and there is no waste, and it goes very fast. Iwas doing this last night for Tailwind gussets. Just score and break itapart. I have a band saw, but don't remember using it much at all.Steve E.-----Original Message-----

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Original Posted By: Ken Beanlands