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Ed you are 100% right about the dangers of the new paint systems and that
would be a good reason for the man to let his friend use the marine paint
system he is comfortable with using. I think if we checked US Paint we
would find that there is very little difference between their aircraft
paint Alumiagrip and their marine paint Awlgrip. If I remember correct the
second was made to help the boat people who were using the aircraft paint
and wanted a product of their own through their vendor industry. In any
case it is an "Experimental Aircraft" we are talking about and he can
paint
it with house paint if he wants. What he is planning to use will provide a
great paint job and last a very long time. It will protect his aircraft
just as well as any aircraft paint and will cost less because his painter
will buy it from a vendor who gives him a good price.
My $ 0.02 worth for what it is worth.
Best regards,
Vern
Ed Burkhead
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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
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>
> 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.
>
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> 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
>
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>
> 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
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