<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Dave -- </P>
<P>I painted a Brio with it this Spring. Comments below: </P>
<P>Pluses: <BR> Easy to work with. <BR> Looks good on the plane. <BR> I liked the (at least perceived) lower threat compared to the isocyanate paints like Concept.<BR> Fairly easy to color match with their colors (luckily my mother in law was in town, and she has a good eye for color. <BR> Seems tolerant of air pressure/ gun type variations. I got good to excellent results with both a Badger 400 trim gun and an (!) airbrush at pressures between 28 adn 40 psi at various gun /brush settings. <BR> Great adhesion - no lifting problems with any of the various automotive masking and striping products I used. <BR> Seems to stand up to nitro up to 25% that I know of<BR> Dries (ok cures!) dust free in a short time (cure time wasn't an issue).
<BR> IIRC, a Brio fuse got primer and all color paint for about 68 gms (not sure whether thats excellent or lousy - thought was pretty good.) <BR> The KlassKote guys are really nice / friendly / responsive. <BR> This stuff might just be the replacement for K&B that we've been waiting for. <BR> </P>
<P>Minuses:<BR> Colors don't match UltraCote (but they tell me they'll be putting out mix guides soon for matching UltraCote and MonoKote) <BR> 45 minute set-in-the-container time between mixing and shooting<BR> The blue paint seemed pretty transparent- was sensitive to substrate color until several coats were applied. <BR> Alcohol pen reference markings bleed through it and show (DOH!) <BR> <BR>Rick <BR></P>
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From: <I>"Dave Smith" <davidsmith@ns.sympatico.ca></I><BR>To: <I><discussion@nsrca.org></I><BR>Subject: <I>KlassKote Epox Paint</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:15:30 -0300</I><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have any of you fellows used the above epoxy paint? I would like to hear any opinions of it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,,,,,,Dave Smith NSRCA 943</FONT></DIV><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>