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Building Tips and technical articles. => Paint and finishing => Topic started by: steve pagano on October 30, 2016, 02:52:01 PM
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Good evening all !
I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on using the DC 540 primer directly over Carbon veil? I have a SV 11 ARF that I want to cover and get off my building table and I'm trying to get back in the game after about 10+ years . At The moment the wings are covered in heavy silkspan since it's all I had laying around. The fuselage is yet to be covered but does have multiple coats of dope. Can I use the primer over the over the carbon or does the fuselage need to be silkspaned ?
TIA
Steve
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Hi Steve,
I didn't have a problem using DC-540 over carbon when I painted my SV-11. I just built up the finish like you normally would before getting to the primer stage and you should be fine.
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If you're talking about attaching the carbon veil with the DC-540 I would say don't try it or you'll have a heck of a mess. Just put the veil on normally with a coat or two of 50/50 clear and then you'll be safe enough to go to your DC-540 after that.
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I just recovered an SV-11 arf. The fuse got 5 coats of 50/50 nitrate dope. The Carbon veil went on great. Followed up with 2 more coats of the same and a coat of talcum loaded dope to help fill in the weave. Waited 2 weeks in my truck to gas off. Primer was Klasskote and 1 coat of Klasskote colors.
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Thanks everyone for the info ! I really just wanna get this bird off the bench at this point lol. I have a few other projects that I would like to get to that have needed to be completed for years now. It feels amazing to be back at the bench again !