Dianne's C77

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:05 pm

You are using the best liquid stripper out there. ...........lm

DianneB wrote:Stripping the original paint was SUCH A JOB I was thinking about moving to media blasting but found that "aircraft paint stripper" works WAY better than the lumber yard stripper! So it is onward and upward!

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:30 pm

LOUD MOUSE wrote:You are using the best liquid stripper out there.

I had used it back in the late 7's when I was rebuilding a 1946 airplane but hadn't seen it in decades so I thought the environmentalists got it - they seem to get all the good products banned.

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:43 pm

After 4 days of hard work and chemical stripper and a few days getting set up for media blasting, everything was moved back to the workshop.

The basting with recycled glass worked great! It only took about 2 hours to clean up all the corners and crevasses and move on to the self-etching primer.

Now it is on to the base coat for the candy paint.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:51 pm

Looking good.

Did you repair the crack?

G

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:04 pm

What color base coat are you using?. ...................lm

DianneB wrote:After 4 days of hard work and chemical stripper and a few days getting set up for media blasting, everything was moved back to the workshop.

The basting with recycled glass worked great! It only took about 2 hours to clean up all the corners and crevasses and move on to the self-etching primer.

Now it is on to the base coat for the candy paint.

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:42 pm

I am starting with a silver sealer over the primer, then metallic white - this will be the background colour for lace. After applying the lace, I switch to a medium aluminum coat as the foreground. After that, I spray candy purple and finish with clear-coat.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:54 pm

OOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
Lots of work but should be nice. .................lm

DianneB wrote:I am starting with a silver sealer over the primer, then metallic white - this will be the background colour for lace. After applying the lace, I switch to a medium aluminum coat as the foreground. After that, I spray candy purple and finish with clear-coat.