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Re: Europa Paint Job - United Kingdom

Subject: Re: Europa Paint Job - United Kingdom
From: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:56:52

>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I am looking for reccommendations on someone to paint our Europa. > >Although
we have considered doing it ourselves by using a motor body > >shop to apply
the paint (with us doing the rubbing down etc), I would be > >happier if we 
could
get the whole job done by a specialist painter.
>
> Stick with Colin Noakes IMHO. Using car type paints is risky on top of
> epoxy, car people tend to use polyester materials which often blister a
> year or three down the road due I suspect to osmosis. It is essential to
> use a barrier coat. Polyfiber's water based epoxy primer seems to be good,
> its certainly nice to work with but has yet to demonstrate long term life,
> its not been out there long enough. (I'm using it on my own project, )
>
> Graham
>

Might be worth your while contacting Tony Young (aircraft coverings UK -
ex-polyfibre) # listed in the pfa mag, etc - he does excellent work and will
probably be prepared to work with you. Not the cheapest, but you get your
money's worth.

Miles



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