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Building Tips and technical articles. => Paint and finishing => Topic started by: Steve Berry on August 12, 2022, 06:30:52 PM
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I finally got around to continuing the finishing process on a Forerunner (foam cores given to me by Tom Farmer himself) that I started building 18-19 years ago. Yes, I know, that's a long time for it to be a hanger queen - life sometimes gets in the way.
I don't remember much of how I actually finished it, other than a few coats of Minwax Polycrylic (water-based), covered everything with silkspan using Polycrylic, sanded, wiped down, and used a Preval sprayer for at least one coat of, I think, auto primer. After that, I set it aside to dry & gas off in preparation to start sanding most of it off. Then life happened. Now, here I am, attacking it with 220, then 320 grit, sandpaper to knock off as much as I can.
This....is going to take a while. The nice thing is that the primer just powders off. Only issue is having to continually wipe off the fine sanding dust from the surface.
Steve
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Well hopefully it will keep you out of trouble. LL~ LL~
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Don't know about that. I do know that I keep bouncing from one project to another, and that's when I actually have time to do any of it, what with being married and having a rambunctious 6yo son, as well as advancing along nicely at work.
I just hope to finish it sometime soon so I have something to fly. Did I mention I'm wanting to convert it from original glow setup (was going to use a .46LA) to electric? It's not so much for the convenience and reliability as much as the quietness - dad is really hard of hearing, and I know unmuffled glow engines played a part in his hearing loss.
Steve
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