X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:55:57 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.1) with ESMTP id 1531660 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:43:36 -0500 Received: from [192.168.111.2] ([70.19.74.145]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0J8B00E86I4GZ8E5@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:36:16 -0600 (CST) X-Original-Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:36:08 -0500 From: Kevin Kossi Subject: Re: [LML] Re: White Jeffco 9700 Fuel Tank Sealer Yellowing In-reply-to: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Original-Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-35--159824923 References: --Apple-Mail-35--159824923 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Marv, So it's not just the sun, but oxidation as well. Well that's a problem using the Tank sealer, I want white not yellow. I guess it's back to the PPG stuff and getting a positively ventilated mask, so I don't drop dead from the fumes. I guess I'll tell Lancair we will not be ordering the Tanks Sealer, unless the manufacturer can keep it white. Kevin Kossi Legacy 72% New York On Nov 5, 2006, at 11:53 PM, JPKleber@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/5/2006 12:36:39 AM Central Standard Time, > marv@lancaironline.net writes: > That should not be a problem in the wheel wells, unless you do > allot of > flying upside-down with the gear down, or shall I say UP! > > Oh contrare my friend. I am building my airplane in a shop where > I covered all windows with black cardboard. No sunlight gets in > --- and yes, one year later, the wheel wells are now a > disappointingly ugly yellow. > > I just wanted you to be forewarned as to the most likely eventual > outcome. The sealer product is not cheap, and neither is your > time. My recommendation is to take Brent Regan's advise. > > "Fuel tank sealer is thick and heavy. On my plane I used catalyzed > (two > part) automotive paint in basic white. On the floor and under the > gearbox I sprayed a triple coat. Sides and top got a single coat. The > baggage compartment received a coating of white Zolatone (for texture) > and then automotive paint on top. I sprayed a well reduced WLS > primer on > the composite and followed that with the topcoat as soon as the > reducer > flashed off. I did not want to sacrifice several sets of fingertips to > sanding the primer. All this was done prior to bonding on the top. > Post > bonding I brushed on the seam in the cabin and sprayed the seam on the > right side of the baggage compartment (the one you see). > > 12 years later, other than a few scratches in the baggage compartment, > everything still looks great. Oil and exhaust stains clean up quickly > with a little brake cleaner and a rag. > > > --Apple-Mail-35--159824923 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Marv,

So it's not just the sun, but = oxidation as well.
Well that's a problem using the Tank sealer, I = want white not yellow.
I guess it's back to the PPG stuff = and=A0getting a=A0positively=A0ventilated mask, so I don't drop dead = from the fumes.

I guess I'll tell Lancair = we will not be ordering the Tanks Sealer, unless the manufacturer can = keep it white.

Kevin = Kossi
Legacy 72%
New York
On Nov 5, = 2006, at 11:53 PM, JPKleber@aol.com wrote:

=
In a message dated 11/5/2006 12:36:39 AM Central Standard Time, marv@lancaironline.net = writes:
That should not be a = problem in the wheel wells, unless you do allot=A0 of
flying = upside-down with the gear down, or shall I say UP!
=A0 =
Oh contrare my friend.=A0=A0=A0I am = building my=A0airplane=A0in a shop where I covered all windows=A0with = black cardboard.=A0 No sunlight gets in --- and yes, one year later, the = wheel wells are now a disappointingly=A0ugly yellow.
=A0
=
I just wanted you to be forewarned as to the most likely eventual = outcome.=A0 The sealer product is not cheap, and neither is your = time.=A0=A0My recommendation is to take=A0Brent Regan's=A0advise.
=
=A0
"Fuel tank sealer is thick = and heavy. On my plane I used catalyzed (two
part) automotive paint = in basic white. On the floor and under the
gearbox I sprayed a = triple coat. Sides and top got a single coat. The
baggage = compartment received a coating of white Zolatone (for texture)
and = then automotive paint on top. I sprayed a well reduced WLS primer on =
the composite and followed that with the topcoat as soon as the = reducer
flashed off. I did not want to sacrifice several sets of = fingertips to
sanding the primer.=A0 All this was done prior to = bonding on the top. Post
bonding I brushed on the seam in the cabin = and sprayed the seam on the
right side of the baggage compartment = (the one you see).

12 years later, other than a few scratches in = the baggage compartment,
everything still looks great. Oil and = exhaust stains clean up quickly
with a little brake cleaner and a = rag.

=A0
=
=A0

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