Re: No More Sun Bumps ( or finding the neutral zone )
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Joseph M Snow <1flashq@...>
I hope be painting early April. Would you care to share some insights?
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Joseph Steve <sham@...> wrote: You guys need to be careful about "picking at your bumps". I started doing this 14 months ago and I have been in the process of COMPLETLY stripping and refinishing my plane. I thought I did a good job of finishing the first time....but the second time you really learn how to get the find the PERFECT finish. 40 hours the first time and 200 the second time. Obsessive compulsive behavior... Steve Ham ----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Farr To: Q-LIST@... Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [Q-LIST] No More Sun Bumps ( or finding the neutral zone ) Hi. It's funny how these subjects come up. I was picking at some cracked paint on the coaming of my a/c last night and it just started flaking off right down to the fibreglass. I am carefully using a blunt chisel and it's easily coming off. Hope it's not all like that. Allan F ----- Original Message ----- From: viggenbuilder2 To: Q-LIST@... Sent: Monday, 26 February 2007 09:11 Subject: [Q-LIST] No More Sun Bumps ( or finding the neutral zone ) Hi All, I had dealt with all the bumps that had been there on the tail cone before Xmas, so after the cold spell began to lift back in mid Jan, I looked to get things ready to start priming. I started sanding back, and noticed some more bumps had appeared. So I picked at these and bingo, before I knew it I had stripped about 2 sq feet of paint without any adhesion at all. So with Mike D's advice ringing in my head, I decided enough was enough and set to work to strip it all off the tail cone. This is now done, and I have started to refill with epoxy filler and things are at last seemingly better. At least I can now see the substrate and know that the filler will be good. Now the interesting part is that all the paint seemed to strip from a neutral zone (To pinch a term from Star Trek), which as it came off in sheets or strips, the paint was black on the back, but the black layer was still on the surface it had come off of. So the black layer had separated causing the lack of adherance. Looking at the paint strips, the black on the back was firmly adhered to the paint. The black layer on the tail cone was also firmly attached. So it was the black layer that had "split"! Has anybody else had this happen ? Is this relate to damp conditions? This has caused me to wonder what to do with regard to the refinishing. I am using epoxy primer, and two pack poly top coat, which is an effective UV barrier, so do I need to reapply the black layer with the possible further problem of lack of adhesion ? Do you guys still use the black UV layer, or have you all moved on from it now ? Richard Thomson Tri Q G-BMFN 368 hours old. richard@... |
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