To Awlgrip or not to Awlgrip...this is the question...

Unfortunately due to the construction technique I am
going to have to stay with Whites, at least for the
wings and tail, the Fuse and boom can incorporate colors
but do to the wing ribs being PVC and the possibility
of a color sitting in the sun generating harmful amounts
of heat within the wing i am stuck with whites...the
winglets will be red, the ruddevators red and a little
red on the nose...

Water based automotive paints huh...I work at one of
the largest Ford dealers in the US...I might have to
checkout my body shop...

Beach

"Travis Beach" wrote in message
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Water based automotive paints huh...I work at one of
the largest Ford dealers in the US...I might have to
checkout my body shop...


Toyota 040 white, or Ford equivelent, looks great on a metal sailplane.

Wayne

You'd want to look it up of course, but I seem to remember that PVC foam is
good to better than 400 degrees F. Maybe you can paint your glider any
color you want.
BTW, the new automotive bright reds make fire trucks look dull as mud. I
used to hate red since it faded so quickly but red 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokees
are just a bright and shiny as when new.

They apparently use super florescent pigments. I was with group leaving a
trade show where we had been given samples of the then new ultra bright blue
LED flashlights. In the dark parking garage everything lit up in monochrome
blue except a Jeep that glowed brilliant red. The blue light from the LED's
set off florescence in the red paint.


Bill Daniels


"Travis Beach" wrote in message
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Unfortunately due to the construction technique I am
going to have to stay with Whites, at least for the
wings and tail, the Fuse and boom can incorporate colors
but do to the wing ribs being PVC and the possibility
of a color sitting in the sun generating harmful amounts
of heat within the wing i am stuck with whites...the
winglets will be red, the ruddevators red and a little
red on the nose...

Water based automotive paints huh...I work at one of
the largest Ford dealers in the US...I might have to
checkout my body shop...

Beach

It isnt the foam that is the problem. It is that adhesive that bonds
the foam to the wing skin.

Brian
HP16T N16VP "V6"

Bill Daniels wrote:
You'd want to look it up of course, but I seem to remember that PVC foam is
good to better than 400 degrees F. Maybe you can paint your glider any
color you want.
BTW, the new automotive bright reds make fire trucks look dull as mud. I
used to hate red since it faded so quickly but red 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokees
are just a bright and shiny as when new.

They apparently use super florescent pigments. I was with group leaving a
trade show where we had been given samples of the then new ultra bright blue
LED flashlights. In the dark parking garage everything lit up in monochrome
blue except a Jeep that glowed brilliant red. The blue light from the LED's
set off florescence in the red paint.


Bill Daniels


"Travis Beach" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately due to the construction technique I am
going to have to stay with Whites, at least for the
wings and tail, the Fuse and boom can incorporate colors
but do to the wing ribs being PVC and the possibility
of a color sitting in the sun generating harmful amounts
of heat within the wing i am stuck with whites...the
winglets will be red, the ruddevators red and a little
red on the nose...

Water based automotive paints huh...I work at one of
the largest Ford dealers in the US...I might have to
checkout my body shop...

Beach