[Rhodes22-list] TN WX and Honey Do's

[brad haslett]

MJM, I used to paint airplanes in the 70's with Imron
and Alumigrip under some crude conditions and turned
out some pretty good work.  If the temperature and
surface was right you could almost throw Imron from a
bucket and get good results.  We didn't know how to
spell EPA much less know what their regulations were,
and all three of my children came out with one head
and ten toes and fingers.  But, that was then and this
is now.  The Interlux line of paint seems more
compatible for the "do-it-yourselfer".  The trick to
any good spray job is in the prep and masking always
takes more time than application.  We used to do some
pretty intricate striping jobs on airplanes and I've
witnessed more than one perfect paint job go down the
tubes by pulling the tape too early or too late.  All
the books I've read say that "tip and roll" looks
pretty good but I have no experience with it.  Spray I
know and its a major PITA.  It looks good though. 
Brad.
--- Michael Meltzer <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> The problem is the algrip's and imrons need a full
> no spark, fully body suit and outside air feed style
> paint shop to be sprayied.
> 
> Also the prep work to cover the fittings and such
> will be alot more.
> 
> MJM
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "brad haslett" <flybrad@yahoo.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:10 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] TN WX and Honey Do's
> 
> 
> > I'm with Wally, what a nice day in Tennessee, 65
> > degrees, sunshine, awesome visibility.  Am I
> sailing? 
> > Working on the boat?  No, I got tasked with
> completing
> > a honey-do that I've postponed for as long as
> > possible.  The wife wanted some parking lot dings
> and
> > bumper scrapes painted so I repaired the
> compresser
> > pop-off valve, cleaned the paint guns, and whipped
> out
> > all the chemistry.  Of course all the repairs were
> > about 12 inches off the ground so I spent two
> hours
> > stooped over.  Now I can't walk!  But, It did get
> me
> > to thinking, has anyone on the list painted their
> > topsides?  I bought some Interlux one part poly
> paint
> > that I was going to "roll and tip" but since I've
> > dusted the cobwebs off the spraying skills thought
> a
> > spray job might look better.  If anyone has any
> > experience with re-coating topsides speak up.
> > 
> > Brad Haslett
> > "CoraShen"
> > 
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