What kind of paint is on Focus II cowl?

[Gordon Anderson]

Here's my 2 cents worth and keep in mind I'm no expert...
I have sprayed PPG Concept and this Nelson water based paint with the
crosslinker. I bought colors matched to the covering on my Focus. The original
finish on the cowl and the belly-pan did not hold up too well. They yellowed
from the sun and the finish on the cowl pealed back around the edges. I have a
lot of flights on the Focus so I can't complain.
The Nelson paint is not very glossy, at least not for me. I sprayed using a HVLP
DeVebiss gun. I found it a lot harder to paint than the PPG Concept paint. It
did hold up pretty well and I'm using it again to do a little more maintenance
on the Focus. Its real easy to work with, do smell, easy cleanup. I did not have
any trouble painting over the original focus finish. The biggest problem I had
was the belly-pan. The original finish is some kind of bass coat clear coat, at
least I think it is. The original paint did not adhere very well to the
belly-pan and I had to "flake" a bunch of it off. This was a huge job! 
I'll stick with PPG Concept for by big projects, this paint is unbeatable!

--Gordon

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Ed Alt
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 7:02 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: What kind of paint is on Focus II cowl?

This is really interesting stuff!  I had no idea there was a paint system like
this available.  It sounds almost to good to be true.  How well does it really
hold up?  Is it a good choice for painting over a TAVS fuselage?  How does the
finished weight, gloss and color match to Monokote compare to PPG Concept paint?

Thanks
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed White" <edvwhite at yahoo.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 6:32 PM
Subject: What kind of paint is on Focus II cowl?


>I need to repaint my pipe trough and do some touch up
> on the cowl.  It didn't hold up to exposure to 25%
> nitro fuel.  I'd like to try Nelson paint with the
> crosslinker.
>
> http://www.nelsonhobby.com/paint.html
>
> Any comments?  My main question is that they say this
> paint will not stick to a lacquer based paint or
> primer.  So does anybody know what paint is used on
> the Focus II cowl?  Is is epoxy based or lacquer
> based?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
>
>
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