Anyone preserved a bare fuselage? Cosmoline?

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:29:37 -0500, Michael Horowitz
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On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:05:40 +0800, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

Stealth - Can you think of any way to tint the turp/oil mix? when it
comes time to remove it, it would help if I could see that I got it
all off (assuming I use a solvent of some type) - Mike

just use any brightly coloured powdered dye. what you have in the
linseed oil/turps mix is a poor mans varnish without any of the modern
additives. a finely crushed bricklayer's iron oxide red would probably
be suitable.
but ummmm. isnt the surface a dark rusted colour anyway.
when you come to prepare for the final finishing you will be bead
blasting the thing with ballottini (glass beads) and these should take
the linseed off in a trice. the surface will become a light gunmetal
gray colour (unless your air supply isnt dry)
I'm pretty sure a wipe of MEK would do it as well, maybe even neat
turps but dont agonise over it now wait until the final bead blast.

I actually dont know what happened to the fuselage I coated. it is on
the other side of australia now.

Stealth Pilot

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:41:51 +0900, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:29:37 -0500, Michael Horowitz
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:05:40 +0800, Stealth Pilot
wrote:


but ummmm. isnt the surface a dark rusted colour anyway.

Stealth Pilot


Stealth - recall that what I'm doing is sandblasting/wirebrushing a
small section at a time and coming back to it a month later to do
another small section. The turp/oil mix is to protect the surface
until the whole fuselage is blasted/brushed at which time I'll remove
the turp/oil mix and apply (probably) two part epoxy. So to answer
your query, after blasting/brushing, no, it will be frosty steel color
- Mike

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:47:33 -0500, Michael Horowitz
wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:41:51 +0900, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:29:37 -0500, Michael Horowitz
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:05:40 +0800, Stealth Pilot
wrote:


but ummmm. isnt the surface a dark rusted colour anyway.

Stealth Pilot


Stealth - recall that what I'm doing is sandblasting/wirebrushing a
small section at a time and coming back to it a month later to do
another small section. The turp/oil mix is to protect the surface
until the whole fuselage is blasted/brushed at which time I'll remove
the turp/oil mix and apply (probably) two part epoxy. So to answer
your query, after blasting/brushing, no, it will be frosty steel color
- Mike
Use a light wash of cheap rust paint. Aluminum TremClad will wash off
with thinners or gasoline even after several years.Colours are not
much better.

Mix it with your Turps/linseed if you like

Michael Horowitz wrote:

Stealth - recall that what I'm doing is sandblasting/wirebrushing a
small section at a time and coming back to it a month later to do
another small section. The turp/oil mix is to protect the surface
until the whole fuselage is blasted/brushed at which time I'll remove
the turp/oil mix and apply (probably) two part epoxy. So to answer
your query, after blasting/brushing, no, it will be frosty steel color
- Mike

If you're blasting a small section at a time, why don't you just prime it as you go along, then touch it up when it's done? The paint
will stick a lot better to freshly blasted metal and you'll save yourself a lot of work.

--
John Kimmel


I think it will be quiet around here now. So long.

"Stealth Pilot" wrote

I actually dont know what happened to the fuselage I coated. it is on
the other side of australia now.

Sounds like you need to go on a walkabout, and see how it's doin, mate!
ducking and grinning
--
Jim in NC