Painting

[george kennie]

Hey Verne,
 I think you're being waaay toooo fussy. After all, there are only two
kinds of R/C aircraft. Those that have and those that
will................(crash, that is)! I hope you're not trying to sand
the ridge where the monokote trim overlaps. You guys are making me feel
like a real neophyte. I just went and felt the ridge on my latest paint
project, and it's less than the monokote ridge and I don't bother with
any clearcoating. I used less than 2&1/2 oz of paint(Concept) including
primer to cover the fuse(almost 2 meter) and when it's sprayed this
thinly the ridge is not offensive, at least not to me.I think you must
be thinking about future resale value(just kidding,just kidding).When I
get to the Nats I'm going to examine this thing veeeeery closely.
Georgie

Verne Koester wrote:

> David,That sort of gets me to the answer I was looking for. With 3M
> fine-line tape, you can butt one piece of tape right up next to the
> other one without a gap. What I had in mind was to wait for the color
> I just shot to cure with the existing tape in place. Then, I'd butt
> the next piece of tape up to the previous masking tape. This piece
> would be right on top of the color I just shot the day before. Then
> I'd pull off the tape that masked the other color. That would leave no
> gap between the colors, but that little ridge that's always there
> would still be there. I guess my question is whether or not that ridge
> would sand away nice and clean after everything was painted without
> creating any unevenness between the colors. I'm having a hard time
> getting this worded properly so I hope it's clear. Thanks,Verne
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From:David Flynt
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 10:11 PM
>      Subject: RE: Painting
>      Verne,I have done adjacent color to color without color
>      sanding, using PPG concept and 3m fine line.  The trick is
>      to avoid a heavy build-up of paint on the tape line.  One
>      way to do this is to use gravity to your advantage, starting
>      with the bottom of the fuse and working up.  Another way is
>      to just limit the amount of paint that you spray.   You will
>      need to take your time when taping off the prior color, or
>      else you can get a gap between the two adjacent colors.
>      Otherwise, you should not have any problems.David
>
>           -----Original Message-----
>           From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>           [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of
>           Verne Koester
>           Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 6:46 PM
>           To: NSRCA
>           Subject: Painting
>           I'm in the process of painting my Smaragd and this
>           is the first time I've chosen a color scheme where
>           the colors butt up to each other. In the past,
>           I've always used a white separation stripe between
>           each color. My question is whether you wet sand
>           the ridge at the tape line before you mask for the
>           next color, or do you just tape off the color that
>           was already applied, pull off the previous masking
>           tape and shoot the next one. I'm using 3M
>           fine-line tape. Thanks,Verne
>
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