On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:36:02 -0800, "Rich S."
wrote:

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
news

I would not expect it to have very good UV protection without using lots
of silver! I have never tried to work with latex on even test samples of
fabric. It should be interesting to see how it turns our.

Orval.........

My first Emeraude was finished with latex and the cover job was twenty years
old. (Hangared, of course.)

The UV protection comes not from silver but from a coat of black latex under
the color coat. The black undercoat may be sanded to smooth and fill the
edges of the tapes and seams just like silver. You just have to make sure
that the last coat of black completely protects the fabric and is not sanded
through anywhere.

Rich S.

Titanium Dioxide (white pigment) is also effective for UV blocking.
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