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Old November 9th 06, 12:12 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Richard Riley[_1_]
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Default Aircraft Spruce Rant


Peter Dohm wrote:
I have now been working on my project almost ten years and generally
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty has been the benefactor. Their website now
states that orders placed before 3:00 PM will ship the same day. This is
bull****. I ordered two gallons of UV smooth prime on Saturday and for

some
reason they have not managed to put two gallons of paint into a box and

get
it out and it is tuesday. I called them to ask when it would ship, and I
get attitude and an exasperated it should go out today sir.


You do know about the smooth prime horror stories, I hope?


The OP may know, but I don't and may not be alone. So please enlighten me
as I still plan to build a plastic composite aircraft.

Peter


Some percentage of planes with smooth prime under other brands of top
coat develop bubbles of brown goo after a few years. The original,
"matched" top coat - "Top Gloss" was removed from the market, it
stained, chalked and flaked off quickly

Read a couple of archives - here
http://www.maddyhome.com/cozysrch/search
and enter smooth prime wihtout quotes,

and here
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canard-aviators/
and search "smooth prime" in quotes