X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:56:15 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.40] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.1) with ESMTP id 1531748 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:55:38 -0500 Received: from [192.168.111.2] ([70.19.74.145]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0J8B00I5AINIJ0Y2@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:47:43 -0600 (CST) X-Original-Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:47:39 -0500 From: Kevin Kossi Subject: Re: [LML] Re: White Jeffco 9700 Fuel Tank Sealer Yellowing In-reply-to: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Original-Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-36--159134210 References: --Apple-Mail-36--159134210 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed John, Sorry I addressed my last email to Marv when it should have gone to you. I emailed Lancair and asked them to check with the manufacturer to see if there was something that could be done to prevent the yellowing of the Tanks Sealer. Just to be sure, you used white Jeffco tank sealer. I thought they would not sell it unless you bought 15 gallons? Kevin On Nov 5, 2006, at 11:53 PM, JPKleber@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/5/2006 12:36:39 AM Central Standard Time, > marv@lancaironline.net writes: > That should not be a problem in the wheel wells, unless you do > allot of > flying upside-down with the gear down, or shall I say UP! > > Oh contrare my friend. I am building my airplane in a shop where > I covered all windows with black cardboard. No sunlight gets in > --- and yes, one year later, the wheel wells are now a > disappointingly ugly yellow. > > I just wanted you to be forewarned as to the most likely eventual > outcome. The sealer product is not cheap, and neither is your > time. My recommendation is to take Brent Regan's advise. > > "Fuel tank sealer is thick and heavy. On my plane I used catalyzed > (two > part) automotive paint in basic white. On the floor and under the > gearbox I sprayed a triple coat. Sides and top got a single coat. The > baggage compartment received a coating of white Zolatone (for texture) > and then automotive paint on top. I sprayed a well reduced WLS > primer on > the composite and followed that with the topcoat as soon as the > reducer > flashed off. I did not want to sacrifice several sets of fingertips to > sanding the primer. All this was done prior to bonding on the top. > Post > bonding I brushed on the seam in the cabin and sprayed the seam on the > right side of the baggage compartment (the one you see). > > 12 years later, other than a few scratches in the baggage compartment, > everything still looks great. Oil and exhaust stains clean up quickly > with a little brake cleaner and a rag. > > > --Apple-Mail-36--159134210 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 John,

Sorry I addressed my last = email to Marv when it should have gone to you.

I emailed Lancair and asked = them to check with the=A0manufacturer to see if there was something that = could be done to prevent the=A0yellowing of the Tanks = Sealer.

Just = to be sure, you used white Jeffco tank sealer. I thought they would not = sell it unless you bought 15 gallons?


Kevin

On Nov 5, 2006, at 11:53 PM, JPKleber@aol.com wrote:

=
In a message dated 11/5/2006 12:36:39 AM Central Standard Time, marv@lancaironline.net = writes:
That should not be a = problem in the wheel wells, unless you do allot=A0 of
flying = upside-down with the gear down, or shall I say UP!
=A0 =
Oh contrare my friend.=A0=A0=A0I am = building my=A0airplane=A0in a shop where I covered all windows=A0with = black cardboard.=A0 No sunlight gets in --- and yes, one year later, the = wheel wells are now a disappointingly=A0ugly yellow.
=A0
=
I just wanted you to be forewarned as to the most likely eventual = outcome.=A0 The sealer product is not cheap, and neither is your = time.=A0=A0My recommendation is to take=A0Brent Regan's=A0advise.
=
=A0
"Fuel tank sealer is thick = and heavy. On my plane I used catalyzed (two
part) automotive paint = in basic white. On the floor and under the
gearbox I sprayed a = triple coat. Sides and top got a single coat. The
baggage = compartment received a coating of white Zolatone (for texture)
and = then automotive paint on top. I sprayed a well reduced WLS primer on =
the composite and followed that with the topcoat as soon as the = reducer
flashed off. I did not want to sacrifice several sets of = fingertips to
sanding the primer.=A0 All this was done prior to = bonding on the top. Post
bonding I brushed on the seam in the cabin = and sprayed the seam on the
right side of the baggage compartment = (the one you see).

12 years later, other than a few scratches in = the baggage compartment,
everything still looks great. Oil and = exhaust stains clean up quickly
with a little brake cleaner and a = rag.

=A0
=
=A0

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