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Gear leg fairing pin holes
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:52 am
by cjensen
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?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:18 pm
by painless
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:17 pm
by Bob Barrett
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:36 pm
by cjensen
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:42 pm
by hydroguy2
unfortunately, no short cuts when it comes to pinholes.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:48 pm
by cjensen
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...