christopher small Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I have just finished building my Super Tote flight box,and thought for a change that I would spray paint it with my Air compressor and small air brush set,(must get a water trap filter)What paints should I use for primer under coat top coat,and how do I thin it down,never done this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tony Patman Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 It's made of wood: says so here. Actually that page very usefully gives pretty much all the information you need to build one without the expense of buying the actual kit...one for my archive, I think Is it worth faffing about with compressors just for a flight box? I suppose if you have a snazzy design in mind; but otherwise I'd just grab a brush and slap on some Dulux, in which case you should start by applying primer to the bare wood, then apply undercoat then liquid gloss paint, or skip the undercoat and use one-coat or exterior gloss, or satin finish paint. Exterior will really keep the rain off, since you might find that satin suffers after some wet flying-field exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher small Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 Eric-Sorry I should have said its made of wood.Tony-No It is not realy worth the hassle of getting the air compressor out.But it is allright for experimenting on for my first attempt of spray painting,if I make a mess it doesn`t matter,If I make a mess on my Piper Cub it would.Is Dulux fuel proof?I once painted the wings on one of my planes with Polyurethane paint,no problems with fuel .Did not even crack(on Solarfilm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tony Patman Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 ALLEGEDLY ordinary household paint like Dulux is fuel-proof, but I've never tried it myself. Sorry, can't remember where I read this, but I do remember distinctly someone saying that they had used it successfully. Indeed your flight box would be a good thing to practice spraying with! Didn't think of that angle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tony Patman Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 ON, indeed. I have resisted the temptation to edit my post and cover up my mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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