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Offline James Mills

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Fiberglass wheelpants
« on: June 09, 2008, 09:26:18 PM »
I'm using fiberglass wheelpants (for the first time) and am doing a dope finish.  Do I have to start the finish with a couple of coats of clear dope or can I start with primer?

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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2008, 10:03:33 PM »
definitly yes, primer is best
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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 05:43:06 AM »
 H^^      Where did you get the fiberglass wheel pants?  I am looking for some also.. D>K
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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 07:09:45 AM »
Gil,

I have some unused from a Score you can have. I don't like the shape...........

PM your address.

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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2008, 07:45:07 AM »
      Brother Jim, I sent you an e mail..  Thanks Gil
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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2008, 10:31:45 AM »
Fiberglass wheel pants:  Also available from Randy Smith  8)
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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2008, 06:54:34 PM »
     i just painted wheel pants for the first time with dupli-color cans They are the pants from my vector 40 arc. Didnt really have to go with any primer, I just wiped them down with thinner, let dry and spray.

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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2008, 07:26:32 PM »
H^^      Where did you get the fiberglass wheel pants?  I am looking for some also.. D>K
I have some from Randy Smith and some from Windy Urtnowski.

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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2008, 03:26:50 PM »
I make plugs and lay up my own, but I'm weird that way.   ;D
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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2008, 06:52:24 PM »
Randy,  all I can say is it's a darned good thing you and I don't live close to each other or we'd be molding new stuff that would scare the pants (pun intended) off all the guys!  from many of you posts I gather we both experiment in the same mode - FULL STEAM AHEAD!!! S?P S?P S?P S?P
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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2008, 08:24:11 PM »
Will,

Yea, Dan Rutherford once told me I was the only guy he had ever seen that one day would get some wild idea and the next was building a full boogie (his words) stunt plane complete with 20 point finish around it. It seems I don't tend to do stuff half way much. I'm trying to reform.

And I've seen some of the stuff you've posted. We clearly were twins separated at birth.
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Re: Fiberglass wheelpants
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2008, 02:28:04 PM »
Randy,
I hope we get to fly together, or just tell lies together sometime on this side!  And I'll bring the epoxy! LL~ LL~ LL~
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