Thanks for all the positive comments. Like I said before, I'm really happy with it.
Answers to some of the questions are below.
Would you be willing to share the type of paint and the color description of the Red used?
Certainly. Here's what T&P gave me for color data:
Base color: 570-535 Mattehorn white Jet Glo - Sherwin Williams
Red: RS911F Red - DuPont
Black: G9009S Black - DuPont
Clear coat (only applied to red and black): G2-7779S - DuPont
Don't forget, you're due a new weight & balance now. Empty will increase and C/G will move aft.
Yes, thanks for the reminder Mel; already done! I wanted to try and get close to exact weight of the paint job so re-did W&B a week before going into the paint shop and then again when complete. Results:
Before: EW = 1,087 lbs, empty CG = 67.2"
After: EW = 1,103 lbs, empty CG = 68.1"
I was expecting a little more on weight increase based on others that were painted at same place, but that's what it measured using same scales (car scales from EAA Chapter "tool crib").
I'm planning a change from Sensenich to Catto prop that should get me the paint weight gain back as long as CG shift is acceptable enough that I don't need a weighted crush plate up front.
Did I read your web page correctly when you mentioned you went from a white base coat to reassemble and fly home in a week?? That's quick!
Yes on both counts! Worked weekends....we did that taping in the web site pictures on Saturday, the black went on Monday, red & clearcoat on Tuesday, then clean up and putting together through Saturday. T&P doesn't do disassembly/reassembly on experimentals so I did that work along with a lot of help from my RV-4 owner hangar-mate. That policy can be viewed as good or bad depending on your perspective - I preferred putting it back together myself to inspecting it after someone else did that, and taking it apart doesn't take all that long (4 hrs compared to 24+ going back together in my case).
Do you have any regrets waiting for two years before painting? Would you do it the same way again???
No regrets. If I were doing it again and had funds for paint saved up already, I would paint shortly after Phase I rather than waiting 2 years, but for me I found enough little changes I wanted to make that I'm sure I would have messed up a nice paint job if I had done it sooner.
Can do it either way, it's a personal preference really.
