Beer....more beer. That is the only thing that will make it beerable. Good luck
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 6:57 PM Subject: KR> the heartbreak of Spraylat > NetHeads, > > I've spent 4 or 5 hours so far, and expect to spend many more, peeling the > Spraylat off my canopy. Spraylat is the acrylic material that most canopy > manufacturers apply to their canopies to eliminate scratching during > shipping and subsequent construction. It seems that it hardens with age, > and is seriously affected by primers. I read on the web somewhere that the > cure was to spray a new layer of Spraylat on top of the original, but > unfortunately I didn't have the good sense to order any yet. I finally got > the hang of the inside and learned the big secret, which is start in the > middle and peel outward toward the edges. That worked pretty good for the > inside, and I expected similar results on the outside. But I've been > scraping at it all afternoon, and it's gotten to be a real pain. It's easy > enough out in the middle, but at the edges it has to be scrapped off a > square millimeter at a time, which means by fingernail. > > Where it really gets tough is where Smooth Prime was applied to the Spraylat > (accidentally, not thinking it would matter). Apparently there is some sort > of hardening reaction between the two, along with some adhesion to the > Plexiglas. It flakes off in tiny pieces. At my current rate, I'm stuck for > another 10 hours. I'll order some Spraylat tonight and see how it goes, but > for now, I'm warning you guys not to get primer, especially Smooth Prime, on > your Spraylat. The easiest way to avoid this it to use several widths of > electrical tape to make sure that the Spraylat never sees any primer of any > kind. Electrical tape is THE ticket, as I learned from Don Reid several > years ago. Masking tape will become a permanent part of your canopy if you > use it. If you have masking tape (or duct tape) on your canopy, remove it > right now to prevent further damage. > > Anybody with good ideas as to how to make this bearable is welcome to > enlighten me, but right now I'm waiting 'till Tuesday when UPS can bring me > some Spraylat to put on top of this mess... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
