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 Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:49 am Post subject: stits epoxy primer how-to? |
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I have received the epoxy primer and read the application notes. it doesn't appear to envision an application inside a 2.5" tube. I assume I will mix up a batch and pour it inside and rock 'n roll the tube but figured I'd ask anyone who had done it caveats, experiences etc.
Private mail responses please.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject: stits epoxy primer how-to? |
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Dave,
I think I anodized the inside of mine. I put tennis balls in the end and sloshed them for quite a while. I did epoxy primer the outside. I have to check my logs. If you do primer don't mix it real thick. The memory is a funny thing. Jeff Classic IV
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: stits epoxy primer how-to? |
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Prepare to make a mess: the primer will want to leak past the tennis ball plugs and around the rivet holes. Covering the rivets with masking tape may limit but probably not eliminate this. When it flows out of one end of the spar (once you have finished sloshing and want to recover the extra liquid), it comes out with a vengeance. In spite of a wide funnel and my best efforts, I managed to paint a large part of my garage floor.
Either ventilate your workshop, wear at least a charcoal mask, or better yet both. Also wear rubber gloves with this stuff.
Jim in NW FL
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject: stits epoxy primer how-to? |
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When I sloshed the inside of my spars with primer, I
used ziplock bags fastened to the spar ends with
rubber bands to catch the primer as it drained. I
still had some leakage around the rivets but the bags
on the ends didn't lose a drop.
Grant Fluent
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Prepare to make a mess: the primer will want to leak
past the tennis ball plugs and around the rivet
holes. Covering the rivets with masking tape may
limit but probably not eliminate this. When it
flows out of one end of the spar (once you have
finished sloshing and want to recover the extra
liquid), it comes out with a vengeance. In spite of
a wide funnel and my best efforts, I managed to
paint a large part of my garage floor.
Either ventilate your workshop, wear at least a
charcoal mask, or better yet both. Also wear rubber
gloves with this stuff.
Jim in NW FL
Series 7 in progress
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Jim in NW FL
Kitfox Series 7 in progress
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leach(at)infogen.net.nz
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: stits epoxy primer how-to? |
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Dave
Get a 12 foot length of very thin aluminium tube and bend a right angle at the end of it and glue the spray nozzle from an aerosol paint can into it. Then get a couple of aerosol cans of epoxy primer and attach to the other end of the tube with the thin plastic tube that comes with a spray can of CRC. Worked perfectly to paint the spars of my Avid.
Brian
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smokey_bear_40220(at)yaho
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:13 am Post subject: stits epoxy primer how-to? |
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I used the tennis ball in a plastic bag trick. That
worked. Still leaked past the rivets though. Masking
tape didn't stay on long. But now the rivets are
better sealed.
Learned after using the green zinc chromate primer
that they now have it in white. It is worth the price
to use the white so you don't have trouble covering up
the green later when you paint the wing.
Stand the wings on end to drain the excess primer out
while it drys. Saves weight.
I painted/sloshed them outside. Grass was already
green.
Kurt S. S-5
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| Quote: | I have received the epoxy primer and read the
application notes. it doesn't appear to envision an
application inside a 2.5" tube. I assume I will mix
up a batch and pour it inside and rock 'n roll the
tube but figured I'd ask anyone who had done it
caveats, experiences etc.
Private mail responses please.
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calvin(at)mlgc.com
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:14 am Post subject: stits epoxy primer how-to? |
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Dave,
I would consider pulling a wire through the tube then attach a varnish soaked rag to the wire and pull it through. Do it a couple times with a really wet rag and the inside will be properly coated.
Cal
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