X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:27:56 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [216.148.227.154] (HELO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.3) with ESMTP id 871244 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:34:06 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.148.227.154; envelope-from=colwells@comcast.net Received: from office (c-67-187-168-121.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.187.168.121]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with SMTP id <20051211083320014008ie5pe>; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:33:20 +0000 From: "Steve/Claudette Colwell" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: Body Work X-Original-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:33:09 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_006D_01C5FDEA.76525910" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcX95heW1+3StDyrQqeCmrsZO+zUIwAQu0Jg In-Reply-To: X-Original-Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006D_01C5FDEA.76525910 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If the scratches aren't too deep you might try Aeropoxy Light http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/wppages/aeropoxylight.php This is easily applied with a steel squeegee available at most Auto Paint Suppliers. It feathers out very well but don't try to fill anything over say 1/64" deep. Then it would be better to use micro. I have had good luck with West System Epoxy #105 for micro fill http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cm/epoxy.html I prefer it because it will wet more micro so it is both lighter and easier to sand. A tip I picked up in a forum at OSH was to put the first coat of filler primer like WLS on with rag. Get an area about one sq. ft. really wet and scrub it in with a circular motion. This does a great job of filling the pinholes, then use a plastic squeegee to smooth it out. Since most of this coat gets sanded off the high build is not a problem. Unfortunately there seem to be no real shortcuts. Fog on a light guide coat with a rattle can to find the really low spots that need micro, Aeropoxy Light for thin touch ups and then go with the WLS. Steve Colwell....Legacy in the sanding phase ------=_NextPart_000_006D_01C5FDEA.76525910 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

If the scratches aren’t too = deep you might try Aeropoxy Light = http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/wppages/aeropoxylight.php  This is easily applied with a steel squeegee available at most = Auto Paint Suppliers.  It feathers out very well but don’t try to fill = anything over say 1/64” deep.  Then it would be better to use = micro.  I have had good luck with West System Epoxy #105 for micro fill http://www.air= craftspruce.com/menus/cm/epoxy.html  I prefer it because it will wet more micro so it is both lighter = and easier to sand.

 

A tip I picked up in a forum at = OSH was to put = the first coat of filler primer like WLS on with rag.  Get an area about one = sq. ft. really wet and scrub it in with a circular motion.  This does a = great job of filling the pinholes, then use a plastic squeegee to smooth it = out.  Since most of this coat gets sanded off the high build is not a = problem.

 

Unfortunately there seem to be no = real shortcuts.  Fog on a light guide coat with a rattle can to find the = really low spots that need micro, Aeropoxy Light for thin touch ups and then go = with the WLS.

 

Steve = Colwell……….Legacy in the sanding phase

 

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