Thanks for the vote of confidence, The more I look at her I still am disgusted with myself but I hope to salvage this paint job for this season at least. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:47 AM Subject: RE: KR> KR Paint
> Don't feel too bad. It is probably not as bad as you think. All the prep > work before you paint is what takes a long time. You may be able to fix it > easier than it looks right now. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On > Behalf Of Timothy Bellville > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:26 AM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> KR Paint > > > Thanks Peter, > After sleeping on it I still don't feel much better about it, but I still > think I should go with the white.The guy from poly fiber said I should wait > a week before sanding the bad areas down and re coating,he also sugested not > repriming the silver. > I have been thinking that maybe I need to put her back in the sun to" Bake " > her again and identify the bad areas, then trim out the bubble with a razor > knife to release the trapped solvent and remove the loose paint.I think this > would allow me to feather edge the damaged areas without disturbing the good > paint to much. > It will take about three days to get the new paint from aircraft spruce,and > for my next weekend off to paint it. > God I hate waisting money and time. > Thanks > Tim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "StRaNgEdAyS" <stranged...@dodo.com.au> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 4:40 AM > Subject: Re: KR> KR Paint > > > > Hey there Tim. > > > > Don't loose heart. > > I remember making some horrible mess ups when I started painting cars and > > bikes back in the late '80s. One job I totally stuffed up in '96 even > after > > a lot of practice was a tank on one of my bikes. That was layering clear > red > > tinter over flat white to get a deep blood red effect, but I did exactly > the > > same thing you did, and failed to wait until the solvent had completely > gone > > from the basecoat before I layered up 5 coats of clear red. It looked > > absolutely scary! > > Paint up a few pieces of scrap and get the hang of it. I'm no professional > > painter, but after doing a few practice pieces after even an 8 year break > > from painting as I have had now, I can manage a reasonable job. > > > > Cheers. > > Peter Bancks. > > stranged...@dodo.com.au > > http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com > > http://canardaviationforum.dmt.net > > _______________________________________ > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
