[NSRCA-discussion] Pin holes under clear??

[Dean Funk]

oh sorry - that is wet sand with 1000 grit...

:)



--- Dean Funk <deanfunk1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey Mark,
> 
> We have been using BVM pin hole filler - you can get
> it at central or BVM. It's simple to use - 
> 
> wet sand 100 grit - and scuff the canopy with a grey
> 3m pad, Prep clean with 5-star or the PPG product
> and
> tape your paint line -then you spread a thick coat
> of
> the BVM over the carbon canopy area your about to
> prime or clear, wait and hour and then buff it off
> with a clean towel - then go straight to paint. On
> the
> planes I just finished, I didn't use primer under
> the
> painted areas - white DCC does an amazing job
> covering
> over the black carbon, just make sure you scuff it
> well. After you finished the color areas and you
> ready
> to clear the natural carbon. repeat the steps with
> the
> prep cleaner and apply the BVM product over the
> natural carbon area - after an hour buff that off
> and
> go straight to clear.
> 
> Before you clear you can fill any pinholes in the
> color painted areas with a small detail brush, mix a
> small batch of the DCC color without reducer - and
> with the brush "spot" a micro dot of paint into the
> pinhole - filling the pinhole with paint - after it
> cures you can wet sand that smooth and then clear. 
> 
> If your really bugged by pin holes in the "natural"
> carbon areas you can do a two- stage clear - using
> the
> first stage of clear as an additional filler stage -
> shot a slightly heavier coat of clear first -
> wetsand
> that with 1000 grit - filling lots of those micro
> pinholes then shot a finish coat of clear - should
> get
> most of them.
> 
> also sometimes the BVM filler which is white - 
> might
> leave big white blotches in the natural carbon area
> from the pinholes it filled - if you do a two stage
> clear on the canopy mix a small batch of DCC black
> and
> with that detail brush, "spot" in small micro dots
> of
> black to cover over those white "filled pinholes"  
> 
> On my personal plane that I am painting right now, I
> am going to use the DBC 500 intercoat clear to do
> the
> 2-stage trick on the canopy. I am also going to be
> doing some detail airbrushing over the natual carbon
> area and I think the DBC 500 might be perfect for
> tricking out those cool carbon canopies.
> 
> Good luck finishing those babies! I just did two and
> I
> am about to shoot the color on the 3rd. yea lot's of
> late nights SANDING !!!!!
> 
> can't wait to see them, Dean
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- vanputte at cox.net wrote:
> 
> > 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!
> > 
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