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Hey Verne,
<br> I think you're being waaay toooo fussy. After all, there are
only two kinds of R/C aircraft. Those that have and those that will................(crash,
that is)! I hope you're not trying to sand the ridge where the monokote
trim overlaps. You guys are making me feel like a real neophyte. I just
went and felt the ridge on my latest paint project, and it's less than
the monokote ridge and I don't bother with any clearcoating. I used less
than 2&1/2 oz of paint(Concept) including primer to cover the fuse(almost
2 meter) and when it's sprayed this thinly the ridge is not offensive,
at least not to me.I think you must be thinking about future resale value(just
kidding,just kidding).When I get to the Nats I'm going to examine this
thing veeeeery closely.
<br>Georgie
<p>Verne Koester wrote:
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<font size=+1>David,That sort of
gets me to the answer I was looking for. With 3M fine-line tape, you can
butt one piece of tape right up next to the other one without a gap. What
I had in mind was to wait for the color I just shot to cure with the existing
tape in place. Then, I'd butt the next piece of tape up to the previous
masking tape. This piece would be right on top of the color I just shot
the day before. Then I'd pull off the tape that masked the other color.
That would leave no gap between the colors, but that little ridge that's
always there would still be there. I guess my question is whether or not
that ridge would sand away nice and clean after everything was painted
without creating any unevenness between the colors. I'm having a hard time
getting this worded properly so I hope it's clear.</font> <font size=+1>Thanks,Verne</font>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b><a href="mailto:davidflynt@earthlink.net" title="davidflynt@earthlink.net">David
Flynt</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org" title="discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 28, 2003 10:11
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> RE: Painting</div>
<span class=822140102-29042003><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF"><font size=-1>Verne,</span><span class=822140102-29042003></span><span class=822140102-29042003>I
have done adjacent color to color without color sanding, using PPG concept
and 3m fine line. The trick is to avoid a heavy build-up of paint
on the tape line. One way to do this is to use gravity to your advantage,
starting with the bottom of the fuse and working up. Another way
is to just limit the amount of paint that you spray. You will
need to take your time when taping off the prior color, or else you can
get a gap between the two adjacent colors. Otherwise, you should
not have any problems.</span><span class=822140102-29042003></span><span class=822140102-29042003>David</font></font></font></span>
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<br><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>From:</b> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[<a href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org</a>]<b>On
Behalf Of </b>Verne Koester</font></font>
<br><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 28, 2003
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<br><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>Subject:</b> Painting</font></font></div>
<font size=+1>I'm in the process of painting my Smaragd and this is the
first time I've chosen a color scheme where the colors butt up to each
other. In the past, I've always used a white separation stripe between
each color. My question is whether you wet sand the ridge at the tape line
before you mask for the next color, or do you just tape off the color that
was already applied, pull off the previous masking tape and shoot the next
one. I'm using 3M fine-line tape.</font> <font size=+1>Thanks,Verne</font></blockquote>
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