[NSRCA-discussion] Pin holes under clear??

[vanputte at cox.net]

Dean Funk has as much experience painting Black Magics as anyone.  Are you out there Dean?

Ron VP

---- Mark Atwood <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> wrote: 
> As I¹m sure a few people are aware, I¹m trying to finish up a gaggle of
> Black Magic VF3¹s for the summer and I have a question.   I¹m in the
> painting process (do you have any idea how much wet sanding is involved to
> primer/fill/sand/primer/fill/sand... 3 airplanes?? ) anyway... My question
> is specific to the Carbon Fiber canopy.  I¹d like to leave most of the
> canopy al natural.    But I do want to paint some of it, (or else it¹ll look
> a little too square) and want to clear coat the entire thing.
> 
> The problem, pinholes in the carbon.  No dissing of Mike¹s work, the
> canopies are nicely done.  But they¹re extremely light, and there fore have
> their fair share of micro pin holes which will show up horribly if I just
> clear coat them.  But I can¹t really lather them up with primer either.
> Even if I sand it completely off, I would think you¹d be left with a white
> or grey spotted carbon.
> 
> How are people filling the pinholes in the carbon and still leaving a
> natural all black carbon finish??
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!
> 
> -Mark
> PS. Same goes for the wheel pants!