Well, I was always told that every epoxy has a temperature at which it will soften, and that was why shades of white were used in order to keep the temperature below that softening point.
> On Dec 14, 2013, at 2:03 PM, "Nerobro" <nerobro at gmail.com> wrote: > > It's a foam thing. White stops the wings and tail from getting to hot, and > having the foam deterioate. You want to reflect, rather than absorb uv to > keep temps down. >> On Dec 14, 2013 11:58 AM, "Doran Jaffas" <kr2owner at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This may sound like a rather dumb question but all of the aircraft >> I've seen (KRs) anyway sre painted white with trim colors. Is there any >> real reason why white is always the base color? I know darker colors absorb >> UV rays but does anybody have any experience with this good or bad? My >> experience in painting is tube and rag or sheet metal. >> Doran >> N186RC >> _______________________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. >> To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >> options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
