Anyone preserved a bare fuselage? Cosmoline?

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

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:07:14 -0800, John Kimmel
wrote:

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.

that advise is probably the best.
you can mix the epoxy primer in small amounts quite easily.
I used a small revell aeromodellers airbrush to spray on the primer.
almost no overspray, minimal solvent smells, and no slower than any
other technique.

Stealth Pilot