Harley, I have a feeling you have not priced other industrial paints recently and that might be why the sticker shock. I built a street rod several years ago and used one of PPG's automotive urethane paints. Last year I went to an automotive paint store to buy some paint to cover a pedal car I am building for my grandson. The materials I used were no longer available due to pollution or hazardous materials laws but what was available was so expensive I almost fainted when the clerk told me I had over $300 worth of materials.
I've found Klass Kote to be the same as the old K&B product. In fact, I think it is possible that the same company that produces this material for Klass Kote also produced it for K&B. As for price......I think it is well worth the cost. Krylon just doesn't even come close to this stuff for durability and depth of sheen. Yes, I do use a gun and yes it does take more effort than shaking a can but I really like this stuff. Their primer is hands down the very best primer I have ever used. Here's a trick I learned a long time ago when I could still get K&B white primer. I would mix microballons and epoxy primer to a very thick cream consistency. I would apply it with a brush. This would fill all the pin holes, scratches and other imperfections in a glass fuselage. After it cured I sanded most of it off leaving a nearly ready to paint surface. No doubt many guys would just spray on their color coat at that point but I like to shoot one more thin coat of primer before the color coat. I have used the waterbased finish mixed with talc to fill the weave in fiberglass and found it to work quite well but my favorite is still the Klass Kote products. If I'm painting up a sloper that I know is going to look rough after a few flights I'll use Rustoleum or Krylon but if I want the finish to last I'll make the effort to use Klass Kote. For what it's worth, Ed 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
