Return-Path: Received: from smtp8.gateway.net ([208.230.117.252]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Thu, 4 May 2000 03:08:53 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer (1Cust206.tnt1.coeur-dalene.id.da.uu.net [63.27.107.206]) by smtp8.gateway.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA01270 for ; Thu, 4 May 2000 03:14:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <002101bfb599$52509620$996b1b3f@oemcomputer> Reply-To: "dfs" From: "dfs" To: "Lancair List" Subject: LNC2 Exterior Finishing Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 00:20:37 -0700 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> For Ed Selby. In response to your post about finishing, here are some thoughts. First, I must say that all my comments are from a biased view point - that being the fact that I wanted to be able to say that I did it all myself, including the finish. Though I must admit that paying some shop $4-6Kto paint my little pride and joy got my dander up! I found the WLS primer system that Lancair touts worked just fine. Fills quite nicely (though I could have taken more pains and done better) and sands easily using a jitterbug sander to save on elbow grease. After considering the bids I got for painting (see above) I concluded that I could purchase a HVLP system for about $5-600 and if I never used it again, I'd come out ahead. So, I bought a Croix HVLP unit from ACS and proceeded to do the painting myself. I used PPG Delthane catalyzed acrylic enamel and it seemed to be a perfect match for the Croix machine. I had never painted anything of this magnitude before but with a little bit of practice, the results were quite nice, if I do say so myself! The down side of all this is the need to create a big enough paint booth to hold and manipulate all the big components. This was done in the back yard with really big blue tarps creating a large tent. A large household box fan (the ones that are about 21/2 feet square) was duct taped into a wall of the tent so that it was blowing outward. Then appropriate sized holes were cut into the tent walls and common furnace filters were taped into them to allow free air circulation through the tent. The number of filters depends on how strongly the fan evacuates the air from the tent - you keep adding them until the tent stops trying to collapse! The Delthane is less toxic than the wet-look stuff but a high quality filter mask is still a necessity if you want to pass your next medical! The heated air/paint from the HVLP spray gun takes a bit of practice but it really isn't all that difficult to master and the over-spray is quite minimal. I think I kept at least $4-5K in the bank by doing it this way and I really can say "I did it all myself"! Plus, I have a $600 paint sprayer in my hangar in case I get really stupid and build another airplane! Dan Schaefer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>