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l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Getting ready to slosh my spar tubes on my Classic 4 Sptr with epoxy primer and I'm trying to find out how much I need to mix up for one wing or one spar from someone who has done this. Don't want to mix too much or too little. Leon Morris/Classic 4 Sptr/60%/Thinking Jabiru/ Flower Mound,TX

john(at)leptron.com
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Leon,

I was a nut for corrosion protection on my build, but, I did fall down when

it came to the spars. I had no problem tapping off the area that was going

to have ribs or false ribs on the outside and painting, but when it came to

the inside I could never figure out how to protect them more than the Aldine

could without building up too much primer in it. I was worried about not

getting the inserts in properly after and if I waited for the inserts to be

in it would leave buildup around the inserts and rivets. 9 years later and

still looking great inside.

Just food for thought.



John Oakley



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leach(at)infogen.net.nz
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:06 am Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Leon

I got some aerosol cans of etch primer and 12 feet of one eighth aluminium

tube.  Bend a right angle in the tube close to the end and stick the spray

nozzle from a can in the end of the tube so it will squirt along in the

middle of the spar.   Then attach the can to the other end of the tube and

slide it up the spar.  No fuss, no mess, and it made a great job of painting

the inside, and from memory I think two cans did all four spars.



Brian

l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Thanks to all who imputed. My inserts are already installed, so sliding a aerasol can up in down is out. Have cosidered Aldine but have read several reports and don't know on how long I should let it set and the ratio to delute. And yes I have heard about using tennis balls on the ends. Use them now to keep out wasps. Leon Morris/Classic 4 Sptr/60%/ Flower Mound,TX 

---- john oakley <john(at)leptron.com> wrote: 

[quote] 

 

 Leon,

 I was a nut for corrosion protection on my build, but, I did fall down when

 it came to the spars. I had no problem tapping off the area that was going

 to have ribs or false ribs on the outside and painting, but when it came to

 the inside I could never figure out how to protect them more than the Aldine

 could without building up too much primer in it. I was worried about not

 getting the inserts in properly after and if I waited for the inserts to be

 in it would leave buildup around the inserts and rivets. 9 years later and

 still looking great inside.

 Just food for thought.

 

 John Oakley

 

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leach(at)infogen.net.nz
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Leon

You dont put the can up the spar.  The can stays outside and the paint goes

up the tube.  Although it is 12 feet from the can to the spray nozzle the

tube holds very little paint and the spray nozzle on the end of the tube

works just as well as if it were still on the can.  Slide the tube up both

sides of the inserts, spraying as you pull it back out.   Works perfectly.



Brian

 	  Quote: 	
		  

 Thanks to all who imputed. My inserts are already installed, so sliding a

aerasol can up in down is out. Have cosidered Aldine but have read several
	


reports and don't know on how long I should let it set and the ratio to

delute. And yes I have heard about using tennis balls on the ends. Use them

now to keep out wasps. Leon Morris/Classic 4 Sptr/60%/ Flower Mound,TX

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Joel

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Location: Bremerton, WA USA

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Spar Sloshing

My wife and I sloshed the spar interiors after the ribs had been installed by pouring 8 oz. of thinned epoxy chromate primer into each spar and capping the ends with old tennis balls pressed in. Total paint used was less then a pint. The attached photo shows the interior of one of the spars which was broken in an accident. Note the primer covering the spar. Prior to sloshing we cleaned with metal prep and alodined.

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l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Brian; I read and re-read what you did,just acouple questions. You can actually get enough pressure out of the can to go that 12' up the tube and still get a good spray out of the nozzle? What is etch primer? Not familier. Leon Morris/Classic 4/60%/Flower Mound,TX

---- Brian Leach <leach(at)infogen.net.nz> wrote: 

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 

 Leon

 I got some aerosol cans of etch primer and 12 feet of one eighth aluminium

 tube.  Bend a right angle in the tube close to the end and stick the spray

 nozzle from a can in the end of the tube so it will squirt along in the

 middle of the spar.   Then attach the can to the other end of the tube and

 slide it up the spar.  No fuss, no mess, and it made a great job of painting

 the inside, and from memory I think two cans did all four spars.

 

 Brian

lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Leon,  I got some lambs wool at a leather shop and tied it in the middle of 

a length of cord.  I saturated the lambs wool with primer and dragged it 

through and through the spar several times adding a bit of primer each time. 

My inserts were installed as well and felt that the primer would seal the 

edges as well as the rivet ends.  I re-threaded the cord so-as to get both 

sides of the spar.



Lowell



Back to thinking, once again.



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l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Thanks--the picture looks good. Leon Morris/Classic 4/60%/Flower Mound,TX

---- Joel <foxfloatflyer(at)hotmail.com> wrote: 

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 My wife and I sloshed the spar interiors after the ribs had been installed by pouring 8 oz. of thinned epoxy chromate primer into each spar and capping the ends with old tennis balls pressed in. Total paint used was less then a pint. The attached photo shows the interior of one of the spars which was broken in an accident. Note the primer covering the spar. Prior to sloshing we cleaned with metal prep and alodined.

 

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l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: Spar Sloshing

Good idea. Easier and less messy than the tennis ball way,I think. Leon Morris/Classic 4/60 %/ Flower Mound,TX

---- Lowell Fitt <lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net> wrote: 

[quote] 

 

 Leon,  I got some lambs wool at a leather shop and tied it in the middle of 

 a length of cord.  I saturated the lambs wool with primer and dragged it 

 through and through the spar several times adding a bit of primer each time. 

 My inserts were installed as well and felt that the primer would seal the 

 edges as well as the rivet ends.  I re-threaded the cord so-as to get both 

 sides of the spar.

 

 Lowell

 

 Back to thinking, once again.

 

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