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In a message dated 1/25/2003 10:52:33 PM Central Standard Time, lmetcalf@swbell.net writes:
So if your composite structure is relatively "green" when you paint it, you're going to get some print-through. My airplane was painted a year after it first flew in primer, and I have several spots of print-through. I'm planning to re-paint my plane this summer, so I'd love to hear from others what they've done to prevent fabric print-through on "mature" paint jobs.
Q-tip,
Good Luck!
The interesting part is that none of our planes are "layup". These molded composities were over cured and, in my case, some parts were 6 years old before touched by primer (WLS). The plane was flown for 1.5 years in primer. Wanna come and still see the weave (visible in my fluorescent lighted hangar only)? I don't see any weave in areas filled with micro. Friends who have wet layup planes put on a micro slurry (very wet) before primer and don't exhibit any weave. All the other Lancairs I've seen have been out in the sun, thus hiding any weave from my old eyes (except one which was so poorly painted you could see the weave from 10 feet).
Just my experience.
Scott Krueger
N92EX
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