Paint Question

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:05:29 -0700 (PDT), vontresc
wrote:

I was researching what paint was on my Ka-6, and the last entry
regarding the paint on the fuse say that they used "KOMAC Epoxy Gloss
White" (back in '67). Does anyone know anything about the manufacturer
and what can be used to remove this paint from the fuse?

Thanks

Peter

in the late 70's we recovered and refinished our Ka-6E. This ship had
the original factory paint and fabric (almost certainly not an epoxy
based paint).

Below are my notes from that process.

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The surface paint was stripped to the bare wood in the area forward of
the main wing spar both top and bottom. This was done with a standard
commercial paint stripper (Zip-Strip by Star Bronze Co.) . Caution
must be exercised in scraping off the paint, we used a wooden scraper
which was actually a household spatula. After a majority of the paint
was scraped off with the stri pper, a reciproca1 power sander was used
to take off the remainder of the paint down to the bare wood.
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No problems in the following half dozen years we had the ship, and to
the best of my knowledge, no problems since.

Bob