Painting with Latex House Paint

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote

A while back, a local homebuilder was laughed at because he covered his
elevators with nurse's uniform fabric from the local sewing-goods store.
After
45 years without having to recover them, no one's laughing any more.

Wow, 45 years is _certainly_ a while back, and also good life for a
covering! g
--
Jim in NC

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:59:26 -0800, "Rich S."
wrote:

"Roger" wrote in message
.. .
Guaranteed to turn anything white that touches it after a year of two
outside. House paint is supposed to be self cleaning, or at least it
was.

Y'know Roger, that made me remember. While the Emeraude I mentioned was
prepped with latex, the color coats were Dupont Dulux car enamel. A mind is
a terrible thing to lose.

Rich S.

And there are chalking and non-chalking house paints, both latex and
"oil". Gloss latex trim paint is generally non chalking, while
semi-gloss lates siding paint is generally chalking. Lucite acrylic
latex trim paint is non chalking, and apparently the latex of choice.
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That nurse's uniform fabric was dacron polyester?

I've always thought it was a little bit of a sham that you pay double
for PMA'd fabric with the FAA stamp on it, when the homebuilder fabric
and the PMA'd most likely come from the same looms and the same
factory.

There are several ways to filter UV rays, according to the experts.
Airtech process uses a clear filter, not aluminum flakes. After all,
the UV protection you rub on your skin is clear.

On 13 Mar 2006 06:06:04 -0800, wrote:

That nurse's uniform fabric was dacron polyester?

Yep....

Ron Wanttaja

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:40:43 -0800, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

One of our Fly Baby restorers is painting his aircraft with latex house paint.
He's been posting his progress to the Fly Baby mailing list, and is allowing me
to repost his messages to my web page:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/latex.html

Ron Wanttaja

ThisT-28 used to be based at Boeing Field, and was painted with
Sears house paint (sand + spinach camaflouge colors).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...nghisT-28B.jpg

FWIW, it was tied down outside, and seemed to hold up well to the
Pacific Northwest weather....

Bela P. Havasreti

"Bela P. Havasreti" wrote in message
...
ThisT-28 used to be based at Boeing Field, and was painted with
Sears house paint (sand + spinach camaflouge colors).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...nghisT-28B.jpg

FWIW, it was tied down outside, and seemed to hold up well to the
Pacific Northwest weather....

Is that a standard "Stars & Bars" on the fuselage? Mebbe Marines are color
blind. . .

Rich S.

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:42:16 -0800, "Rich S."
wrote:

"Bela P. Havasreti" wrote in message
...
ThisT-28 used to be based at Boeing Field, and was painted with
Sears house paint (sand + spinach camaflouge colors).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...nghisT-28B.jpg

FWIW, it was tied down outside, and seemed to hold up well to the
Pacific Northwest weather....

Is that a standard "Stars & Bars" on the fuselage? Mebbe Marines are color
blind. . .

Rich S.


The Stars & Bars markings are correct for a South Vietnamese T-28.

http://www.afa.org/magazine/Dec2005/1205farmgate.asp

Bela P. Havasreti

In article ,
"Rich S." wrote:

"Bela P. Havasreti" wrote in message
...
ThisT-28 used to be based at Boeing Field, and was painted with
Sears house paint (sand + spinach camaflouge colors).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...inghisT-28B.jp
g

FWIW, it was tied down outside, and seemed to hold up well to the
Pacific Northwest weather....

Is that a standard "Stars & Bars" on the fuselage? Mebbe Marines are color
blind. . .

Rich S.

South Vietnamese markings.

"Bela P. Havasreti" wrote in message
...

The Stars & Bars markings are correct for a South Vietnamese T-28.

http://www.afa.org/magazine/Dec2005/1205farmgate.asp

Learn something new every day. I've probably seen that a lot but never
noticed.

Thanks,
Rich S.

In article . com,
says...

That nurse's uniform fabric was dacron polyester?

I've always thought it was a little bit of a sham that you pay double
for PMA'd fabric with the FAA stamp on it, when the homebuilder fabric
and the PMA'd most likely come from the same looms and the same
factory.

I used to cover my models with Polyester Sheath lining that I got from JoAnnes
fabrics. Later I used it to cover my Easy Riser Ultralight. You can get it in
colors and patterns too!! :-)It's about 1.6 - 1.8 ounce weight.

Chuck S