Gear leg fairing pin holes

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:52 am

Millions of them. Well, maybe not millions, but lots...

I shot one coat of High-Build primer on them this weekend, and I'm wondering if I sand with 600, then reshoot it, repeat, if that will suffice to fill the pin holes rather than using epoxy filler, waiting for it to dry, repeat...

Thoughts?

painless · Post by **painless** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:18 pm

Chad, all my fiberglass was shot with Nason (a Dupont product) prime and fill. If I recall, about 3-4 coats did it. Nary a pin hole in sight.

Bob Barrett · Post by **Bob Barrett** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:17 pm

Wait until you get to the wheel pants

I did several coat of a primer with filler and also did some expoxy with micro balloons before that. Nothing was fool proof for me. The painter managed to fill what I didn't get but it was the pits

Best stay away from the ruity beer or any beer when shooting the gear leg fairings etc. Good luck to you in the painting process! The fiber-glass and paint prep were the worst jobs in building my RV-6A.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:36 pm

I'll have the micro out anyway for the wheel pants to match up the halves...just hoping to save some time with the leg fairings. I'll shoot a couple more coats tomorrow.

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:42 pm

unfortunately, no short cuts when it comes to pinholes.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:48 pm

Yeah, finding that out today. I've put four coats of high density primer on them today, still have pin holes. So now I'm waiting for some filler to dry so I can sand 'em...then prime again...