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> Wonder what he expects to save by using boat paint? You can get > JetGlow in any color imaginable, and the boat guy could probably apply it > just as easy. NO, NO, NO, NO! DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! Let me start by emphasizing I'm NOT a painting expert for aircraft! I intend to stay that way because of the discussion I sat in on at last year's National Convention. The people with me were discussing people they knew who had died after painting one., or a few, airplanes with the modern aircraft paints without the proper breathing and safety equipment. The consensus was that the modern aircraft paints will coat the inside of lungs just as effectively and permanently as they do the aircraft surface. With lungs coated on the inside with aircraft paint, you die rather unpleasantly. The professional painter uses a moon-suit with outside air pumped in continually, if I remember correctly. Some others mentioned certain super-high-quality filter masks but after that discussion I would never use one of those filter masks for aircraft paints. Full-flow outside air and moonsuit OR SCUBA and Army MOPP (chemical/biological) suit for me if I ever decided to try it myself. My knowledge is minimal and not specific. But it REALLY got my attention when them mentioned person X who died after painting ONE plane and person Y who died after three planes and person Z who regularly painted planes without the right kind of mask but who had only died of it recently. PLEASE research this subject before you hand aircraft paints to the boat guy! Ed A J DeMarzo wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Homebuilders certainly try hard to express themselves in their work, and you > can't blame them. In regards to the Van's series of aircraft, Dick, along > with an overwhelming majority of builders, will tell you not to monkey > around with the designs. Therefore I would give Van's a call before > spraying a flying machine with bilge paint. Airplane paint is formulated > for specific applications and stresses, and I never met a boat that would do > 200 mph! Wonder what he expects to save by using boat paint? You can get > JetGlow in any color imaginable, and the boat guy could probably apply it > just as easy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine Rosa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 12:41 PM > Subject: RE: [COUPERS] Digest for [EMAIL PROTECTED], issue 417 > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > Hello fellow e-group coupers, > I was reading this following letter on list, and wanted to know what > your thoughts were. I basically think the fellow is probably making a > mistake trying to paint his plane with boat paint. What does everyone > else think? I would hate to see him do so and have some major problems > after. > > "Subject: Paint > Hi fellow RV Builders > I'm currently building > the flaps and ailerons for my rv-8. I am trying to decide if I should > paint the components as I go along before assembly or take the aircraft > apart and paint it later. Any advice about this? > Also, I have a friend > who does professional boat painting. I have seen his work on sailboats > and it is excellent. He has offered to do the painting and is suggesting > Awlgrip paint. Is there any reason I should be wary of someone who is a > pro but has never painted an aircraft.? Also, what about Awlgrip, is it > as good as any for aircraft or is there something better, Immron for > instance? Any help would be appreciated. > Redd > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
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