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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Mark,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've never tried this, but you might want to experiment
with rubbing some clear on the canopy with a gloved finger. The idea is to push
the clear into the pinholes. Let it cure and then wet sand. You'd probably have
to do this a few times before it would be ready for a sprayed coat. I'm afraid
that any type of filler will show up as a gray or white speck later as you
suggested. You could do this with black paint mixed with talc to eliminate the
specks, but then you'd have to be VERY thorough with your wet sanding. Just
thinking out loud for you to consider.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Good Luck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Verne</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=atwoodm@paragon-inc.com href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">Mark
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 23, 2008 4:21 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Pin holes
under clear??</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=4><FONT
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">As I’m
sure a few people are aware, I’m trying to finish up a gaggle of Black Magic
VF3’s for the summer and I have a question. I’m 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. I’d like to leave most of the
canopy al natural. But I do want to paint some of it, (or
else it’ll look a little too square) and want to clear coat the entire
thing.<BR><BR>The problem, pinholes in the carbon. No dissing of Mike’s
work, the canopies are nicely done. But they’re 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 can’t really lather them up
with primer either. Even if I sand it completely off, I would think
you’d be left with a white or grey spotted carbon. <BR><BR>How are
people filling the pinholes in the carbon and still leaving a natural all
black carbon finish??<BR><BR>Any help would be
appreciated!<BR><BR>-Mark<BR>PS. Same goes for the wheel
pants!</SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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