Thanks guys!
Pete, all products used come from a small company here in the US called Southern
Polyurethanes (SPI). They really specialize on primers (their epoxy primer is
fantastic) and clears. If you go to their forums (highly recommended if you
want to learn a bit about painting) you will see they specialize on expensive
car restorations and they do cater a bit to the experimental aircraft community.
The final result does look very good although I must say that these new paints
and guns (so called "EPA Compliant") proved to be a huge challenge despite
having
done a bit of painting in the past. As the owner of SPI told me (yes, you
get to talk to him) his compliant paints suck compared to the old days but they
are better than the other ones out there and that the learning curve would be
long and steep, he was not kidding :) But I can say I learned a lot (not that
I am doing something like this again) and if anyone out there is interested
I will share the good and bad of it.
By the time I painted the last part (cowling) I got good at it. I am
particularly
proud of the outcome of the cowling seam (pics). I hope it lasts.
Chris
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=512416#512416
|