This sounds like a really bad idea. Black and composites do not mix!!!
I think your transparencies are likely to pop out as the redux turns to soft
putty on a warm summers day.
regards,
MP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Fillinger" <n3eu@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Door Fitting
>
> > The guys at Phoenix Composits and others including myself have taken
> 2
> > layers of very light bid about 3/4" wide and have covered the entire
> > perimeter interface between the door and plexiglass. The PC guys
> have
> > noted that after the aircraft has been painted and over time a small
> crack
> > in the paint along this interface occurs almost without fail. With
> all the
> > planes they have done they say that this is the hot setup.
> >
> > Steve
>
> I was planning, since gelcoat down to sort of black has been removed,
> to add a few drops of black epoxy tint to the Redux. Brush on a thin
> skim coat in the rebate, and then fully bond with tinted Redux few
> hours later. The resulting black border solves the paint
> border/filler cracking problem, and a similar technique looks really
> good on Grumman AA-x series aircraft, where they attach the windshield
> to a metal bow. You paint the bow black; paint the plexiglass inside
> border black; then affix with black RTV. I can't get to it for a
> while, with some corporate tax clients due 9/15. But if anyone wants
> to try it first, I won't mind the feedback! :-)
>
> Reg,
> Fred F.
>
>
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