>I would like some recommendations on spray equipment On recommendation of Denny Maize, I got the following touch-up spray gun from Harbor Freight: Item # 86-7VGA It's fully adjustable in spray pattern and paint volume output. I notice that it's on sale right now for only $20.
You obviously also need a compressor with an adequate flow rate capacity. One of the little compressors for airbrushes probably won't work. Mixing the paint and cleaning up is a lot of work, but this is less of an issue if you spray many mylars with one paint batch. >Is it OK to just spray the white paint with catalyst on the mylar and >then go directly to bagging the wings I didn't use any primer on my Supra wing. The paint by itself stuck very firmly to the MGS epoxy. >How long should I wait after painting the mylars before bagging the wing? I let them fully cure for many hours at 120F. It certainly didn't hurt the adhesion to the epoxy. >I assume that the paint will continue to cure >normally even after the wing is bagged. Am I right about all this? Yeah, but bagging too early may give some print-through of the Kevlar weave. A test is probably in order. My white paint coat was extremely thin and light -- only about 12g for the wing top surface, but the coverage and adhesion was still good. Print-through is less of an issue for a very thin coat. You might want to consider painting your tails like this, since less than 1g of paint on the tail will give great coverage. Once the gun is ready, spraying the tail mylars is negligible extra work. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
