painting tips needed

[George Kennie]

Ed,
It sounds like we both have the same type of compressor outfit.
Mine's pretty old, but still functions O.K. and I have several
relatively inexpensive guns, even a pretty nice touch-up gun which I
have yet to use in spite of the fact that I've had it for about 5
years.
As you know the standard guns have so much overspray that you end up
spending all of your money painting the walls, so I  originally
purchased a Paasche Airbrush which I used to paint three or four
planes, but eventually it bedame inoperative by virtue of the
siphoning mechanism becoming leaky. I replaced the "o" ring seals
but was never able to restore proper operating characteristics.
Subsequently I purchased a Badger and I have used it over and over
again and for several years now it continues to perform very well
without problems. I painted my Fresca with it and used a total of 2
(wet) ounces of paint ( which probably dried to about 5 grams) and
this on a 72 inch airplane. I would recommend the Badger, but can't
say I feel the same way about the Paasche.
Regarding glassing the stab on the Temptation, I would only
recommend it if the all up sheeted weight of the structure is less
than 4 ounces. I know that you remember how much less of a penalty
it is to add weight to the tail than to the nose, but you may just
get away with it.
Good luck
Georgie

Verne Koester wrote:

>   Ed,I've had about a dozen different spray guns ranging from a
> simple airbrush, up through a full blown Binks automotive-type
> spray gun. The Sata Minijet 3 is the berries, far and away and is
> of the HVLP variety. You're gonna get a lot of opinions on
> this. Verne
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Ed Alt
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:43 AM
>      Subject: painting tips needed
>       I'm looking for advice for painting a composite
>      fuselage.  I've already got a 20 gallon, 8.4CFM at 40
>      PSI compressor with a good quality automotive spray
>      gun.  I'm considering getting either an HVLP gun or
>      possibly a Badger airbrush of some type.  I have the
>      usual goals in mind for light weight, good glossy finish
>      etc.  I'm leaning towards the airbrush only because it
>      seems like I could probably have the best control over
>      laying down a light finish that way.  I will most likely
>      use PPG concept paint for the finish. Another question -
>      the project is a Temptation with fixed stab.  Although
>      I'm sure I could do a decent job of transitioning
>      Monokote at the seam where the paint would end, I'm
>      thinking of doing a light glass job on the stab and just
>      painting that as well.  I will have an OS 1.60 up front,
>      so it might not hurt to add a little more weight back
>      there through painting.  For an area as small as the
>      stab, this seems reasonable.  Is this a bad idea or
>      not? ThanksEd
>

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