Harley, Thanks for the kind words, this process has worked well for me for years and it's quite inexpensive and without foul odors.
John Hayes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harley Michaelis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <soaring@airage.com> Cc: "John Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: PRIMER AND SCRATCH FILLER FOR GLASSING OVER. > A while back I was looking for the 2-part K & B Primer/Filler and learned > it > was not available. I balked at the price of a Klass Kote product said to > be > similar. > > Subscriber John Hayes suggested mixing talc in MINWAX Water-Based > Polycrylic. Tuesday I first did that on a new glassed-over Genie LT/S > fuselage, mixing talc in about 5/8 oz. of the stuff to a consistency of > whipping cream to brush on. > > It dried well in a few hours and was extremely easy to wet sand down to a > glass like finish with progressively finer grits. The fuse, painted with > Krylon, looks very good. > > While searching for a suitable product, I had earlier tried the spray can > Dupli-Color Scratch Filler & Primer. It took about 6 applications to do > the > filling and was much harder to sand. The Krylon used for the finish > readily > chipped. I removed the Krylon with acetone which also took off the Primer. > I > started over with Rustoleum Painter's choice Primer and top coat which > came > out fine, but the Dupli-Color experience was not a good one. > The Polycrylic with talc will be my way to go from now on. The procedure > will be incorporated in the Genie web pages in a few days. > > Thanks for passing this on to me, John. > > > 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
