Hi All,
I successfully used Zolatone with a HVLP gun fitted with a 2mm nozzle. It
took 3 coats to get the coverage I wanted though.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "LTS" <lts@avnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Zolatone Heaven
> Almost all Ban-bis are painted inside with Zolatone. The recommendations
are
> for a pressure pot system and I got a contractor to paint my first plane
> with such a set up. However I later touched up some smaller parts with a
> standard gun and it worked fine. One of my customers used an underseal gun
> to good effect. I think the over size nozzle is the answer.
>
> Jerry
> Jerry@ban-bi.com or LTS@avnet.co.uk
> www.Ban-bi.com or www.avnet.co.uk/touchdown
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Hagar" <hagargs@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Zolatone Heaven
>
>
> > After using the inside of the wheel well for practice and making a
gloppy
> > mess of the whole situation I came up with a good routine for the inside
> > of the aircraft. The wheel well was exposed to Zolatone's own power
spray
> > touch up gun from Spruce, and a pressure feed gun. Half assed results
> > obtained from both. I rightly expected this as their web page gives
> > about seven pages of instruction on the care and feeding of the stuff.
> > It sits and moves when you open up the can and look in. The guys over at
> > Phoenix composits even bitched about using it in a Europa they are
doing.
> The
> > El-cheapo pressure feed gun was obtained from Harbor freight (Item
> > #00215) for just slightly more than the cost of a gallon of the paint.
> > Typical setup costs with a are well over $200. In any case
> > I didn't want the interior looking like the inside of the wheel well. I
> > had one more opportunity for practice to try something different. The
> > seat bases and the baggage bay access panels need the treatment and can
> > be easily sanded or remade if glopped up. The paint is too expensive
> > (Spruce $55/gallon, local paint store $32/quart!) to practice on
> > something that positively has to be thrown away. The Zolatone people say
> > the paint likes big nozzles, though when you spend $60 for the gun you
> > really can't expect to get what you want. Number drills work in a pinch.
> > I opened up the nozzle in steps making sure to pressurize the gun with
> > water in it to make sure the needle would keep the nozzle sealed. I got
> > to the point where a drop of water leaked out under pressure. Oops too
> > far. However the viscous paint stayed put just fine. Final hole size
> > .063~.067". My top and bottom fuselages are still apart so much masking
> > was done and assumptions were made where further layups are going to be
> > made (fuel filler, baggage bulkhead etc). A small amount of paint was
> > put in the cup to avoid a lot of clean upwhen making another
unacceptable
> > mess. The panels were sprayed, and wonder of wonders the finish went on
> > like a professional had done it! Lets do some spraying!!! Fill that cup
> > up. The top, bottom, and entire instrument module as well as the center
> > panel between the doors was done. They all came out looking great enough
> > so that I am going to go with mimimal to no fabric/padding
> > interior. We'll save some weight and look a little military inside. I
> > used a gallon and a quart and went with Zolatone's basic blue. I'll have
> > to see how it turns out when I go in and paint over the layups after
> > everything is bonded together and wired up. --- Steve HagarA143Mesa,
AZ---
> > hagargs@earthlink.net
>
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