Hi

Yes Jantars were PU paint finish. However I do know of Polish gliders with
gelcoat my SZD 55 was gelcoat and is now PU, a PW5 that I worked on was
gelcoat.
I can't say what the Puchacz is.

Regards,
John Orton



On 25 November 2010 11:05, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Carl, I'm our club Puchacz (and our other SZD aircraft) have a factory PU
> finish.  I haven't seen a Polish fibreglass sailplane with gelcoat (not to
> say they aren't out there).
>
> The GFA website is a good resource for Ads. (gfa.org.au)
>
> Regards, Ben
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:55:00 +1000
> From: Mike Borgelt <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Questions on painting PU on top of Gelcoat
> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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> Carl,
>
> I thought the Puchacz was already painted in PU. The Jantar Std 2 s
> were. I've never heard of  cracked finish on a Puch and they've been
> around long enough for that to happen if they were finished in
> Vorgelat. Unlikely they were Schwabellack finished gliders.
>
> You only need to remove ALL the gelcoat if it was cracked.
> Otherwise  sand smooth with quite coarse paper, work down to a finer
> grit before repainting. If overspraying PU start with finer grit as
> you don't have much thickness to work with.
>
> Consult paint manufacturer about recommended undercoating.
>
> Ignore DMcD, he's trying to be funny.
>
> Mike
>
>
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