I should just keep my mouth shut, but I will open it anyway for the benefit of those that have not preped the top of their planes for paint yet.
There are a few good reasons for painting the bottom first. 1. You get practice on a side no one will see. 2. If you ding a painted surface while flipping the plane it will be a surface no one will see. 3. You will have to mask the entire top side when you pain the bottom if you do the top first. If you do the bottom first you can get away without masking it when you do the top. Don't mean to say you are doing something wrong, just giving my philosophy after painting one already. Keep in mind that you will have so much fun flying that you will wish you let al of the little imperfections go and started flying months sooner. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Dan Heath Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 6:13 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Re: Simple things Simple things do take much longer than expected. I thought that I was going to paint the exterior (right side up) of the plane today. Instead, I spent all day, 9 am to 6pm, just now finished, with a lunch break, just getting it ready for paint. However, everything, even the paint being stirred, is ready for tomorrow. I had hoped to get the wings also, this long weekend, but probably will only get one side of them and do the other side during the week. Jerry and I are planning to turn it over on it's back next weekend for painting the bottom, finishing the interior and doing most of the wiring and plumbing. But, who knows, it may be July and ................ NOT. As I go over the plane, especially when I washed with the pre-painting cleaner, I see little imperfections and my instinct is to fix them, so, I just start humming my mantra................ "There is a time for building and a time for flying, and the time for building has long since expired." and all is well again. See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
