Phil
Well Known Member
Making the transition between banging rivets and doing fiberglass work on the -10 is fun.
I've got a questions related to the process for filling pinholes. I get the part about mixing with balloons and dragging them across the surface of the glass with a squeegee in an attempt to fill the holes.
Then I get the part about shooting a thin 'indicator' coat of primer on the surface to help locate the remaining holes for the second pass.
Here's where I get hung up on the process.
After the indicator coat has been laid down do I leave the primer on and try to fill the holes through the primer?
Do I sand the primer off and start over? That doesn't seem to make sense because that only opens more pores that you have to deal with in the future.
What do we do with the indicator coat?
Also, I'm not planning on painting the airplane myself. I'm planning on letting a professional (TBD at a later date) paint the airplane. So I don't know what type of primer I should put on the fiberglass sections of the -10. Is paint compatability a concern here?
Also I'd hate to run the engine for 50-60 hours before getting the airframe into the paint shop and have the glass covered with oil residue. So I feel like I need something there...
What gives?
Phil
I've got a questions related to the process for filling pinholes. I get the part about mixing with balloons and dragging them across the surface of the glass with a squeegee in an attempt to fill the holes.
Then I get the part about shooting a thin 'indicator' coat of primer on the surface to help locate the remaining holes for the second pass.
Here's where I get hung up on the process.
After the indicator coat has been laid down do I leave the primer on and try to fill the holes through the primer?
Do I sand the primer off and start over? That doesn't seem to make sense because that only opens more pores that you have to deal with in the future.
What do we do with the indicator coat?
Also, I'm not planning on painting the airplane myself. I'm planning on letting a professional (TBD at a later date) paint the airplane. So I don't know what type of primer I should put on the fiberglass sections of the -10. Is paint compatability a concern here?
Also I'd hate to run the engine for 50-60 hours before getting the airframe into the paint shop and have the glass covered with oil residue. So I feel like I need something there...
What gives?
Phil
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