I was wondering when someone would mention this. Nothing like ruining
the windows in the King Air next hangar over $$$$$. Be very careful of
this. As to the paint, I stripped and painted my wings, using only a
space outside with a tall building for shade late on a spring evening.
I just got everything ready and waited a couple of days for calm winds,
and used an HVLP and Imron. The actual spraying doesn't take that long.
I was told and found out, that Imron can be wet sanded with 1500 grit
and then buffed as long as you do it the first couple of days after you
spray. I did the leading edges and they seemed to do fine. It came out
very smooth. This approach can buff out almost any paint, as long as
you put in the time to do it. THERE IS A LOT OF AREA TO BUFF ON AN
AIRPLANE. You know this I hope. It could be more work than you're
willing to do, and it won't look right unless you do.

Bud


Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:46:07 -0500, " jls" wrote:

How's about it? Do you paint in the hangar or in a paint shop booth?
We have two more to do and want clean glossy finishes without flaws.
TIA.

Guy down at the airport painted his newly-restored classic in his hangar. Ended
up paying few thousand bucks to de-paint the planes in the hangars next to
him....turns out there were little gaps in the partitions, and the yellow paint
drifted through them. The guy also was evicted, since the leasor bans painting
in the hangars.

Ron Wanttaja