Does Klasskote brush on well or does it need to be sprayed on?
Thanks
Mike
Mike, one of the great qualities of KK is the way it slow cures, using their standard provided thinner. So it will self level if thinned for brushing, as well as giving bugs and dirt plenty of time to find your plane.
The other great quality is the pigment density, especially the reds, blues and blacks. The red covers like a dream! (and also finds its way under any tape pucker you leave like magic. Ugh!)
BUT... to take full advantage of that great pigment density (we are trying to keep our planes light, right?) you really need to spray it on. I haven't done any official testing, maybe you can be the first, but I suspect that brushing on KK could potentially yield a much heavier finish than when sprayed.
A typical weight for me, like to spray the base KK white, is just a fuzzy over an ounce, like 1.25 ounces for a full coat of white (not refrigerator white, just dense enough to cover), sprayed on a large SV11 60 size stunt ship. I can not picture getting that with a brush, but hey, I'd love to know.
I hit the trim colors with an airbrush, and it adds another ~3/4 ounce or so, depending on complexity.
Epoxy clears do yellow over time... so I use a 2 part urethane for the top coat.
If I want it really nice, I'll sand the first coat of clear, and this is a better time to knock down any tape ridges still left, and put on a very thin wet (runs easily if not careful) second coat.
The first coat of clear adds about another 1.25 ounce, but I wet sand off about 1/3 of that, and the second thin coat of clear adds about another 3/4 ounce.
All up, you can do a very light finish this way, but you have to be on the ball and watch your weights every step of the way.
I use a paint stand like most people, I weight the airframe before it goes in the stand. Then, for convenience sake, I weight the airframe with the post from the paint stand, since it makes it easy to just slide out of the stand and weight it in-between coats. You can also weight the post, plate & screws and subtract the 11.2 ounces (what mine weights) from the total weight and know exactly what your airframe weights.
YMMV
EricV