Materials?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:12 am
Hi all,
I few questions on my Elite project.
I may be looking too far ahead but I was wondering about painting. Is it
normal to assemble the airplane in the raw to the point of the firewall
and then disassemble for painting and reassemble again. Then start the
firewall forward?
Or would one put a prime coat on everything prior to the original
assembly?
How much proseal do I need to purchase for this project?
I ran into a problem with trying to get the plastic protection wrap off
of the flap skins. I spent over an hour on just one with a heat gun and
sore fingers to get one of them off. Any secrets out there? I also have
a couple ribs where it just won't come off, just like a sticker on it,
comes off only by scraping with your finger nail in tiny pieces, I will
need to chemically remove them. The other flap looks just as bad and I
am afraid I will damage it fighting this stuff off. The other pieces so
far have been ok.
Thanks,
Mike Betti
771E
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I few questions on my Elite project.
I may be looking too far ahead but I was wondering about painting. Is it
normal to assemble the airplane in the raw to the point of the firewall
and then disassemble for painting and reassemble again. Then start the
firewall forward?
Or would one put a prime coat on everything prior to the original
assembly?
How much proseal do I need to purchase for this project?
I ran into a problem with trying to get the plastic protection wrap off
of the flap skins. I spent over an hour on just one with a heat gun and
sore fingers to get one of them off. Any secrets out there? I also have
a couple ribs where it just won't come off, just like a sticker on it,
comes off only by scraping with your finger nail in tiny pieces, I will
need to chemically remove them. The other flap looks just as bad and I
am afraid I will damage it fighting this stuff off. The other pieces so
far have been ok.
Thanks,
Mike Betti
771E
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