Hi Tommy. Guess why very few use Aero Gloss anymore. They changed the formula and the labels and they are not compatible with each other let alone SIG or Brodak dopes. Guess how I learned this.
Uhhh?
Were you also one of the folks like me who were fortunate or unfortunate to receive "Care Packages of test batches of Aerogloss from the factory.
Those years I was incarsirated at the Boeing Wind Tunnel serving my 29 year sentence.... as a professional wind tunnel grunt model maker....I would always look forward to receiving test batches of new Aerogloss fomula's that I made a habit of giving to all my local addicted CLPA model grunts.
I can assure you...that I was ESPECIALLY CAREFUL...IN TAKING NOTE OF THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON EACH TEST BATCH RECIEVED.
I can also ASSURE YOU that very often the culprit with each of the batches....was that the AEROGLOSS THINNERS during those years was NOT COMPATIBLE with many of the test Aerogloss serial #s.
However during those years...I also had a large supply of various thinners and primers that seemed compatible at that point in time.
I often would make up many many small 3" by 7" strips of balsa...(taking care to record the batch #s and then carefully utilzing ONLY THE SAME BRAND AND SERIAL#S in prepairing the balsa wood....and taking that all the way to the final finish samples.
(I was often perplexed that even with this kind of careful R&D steps....and often send many samples back n' forth....through snail mail...and various "collect phone calls" my generous gifts from AeroGloss.)
Ahhh, yes!!!
When I stopped flying competition and took on another Boeing job title in the winter of my work life before retirement
....I lost my endorsements and free-bee gemmeeees in the process.
BOTTOM LINE:
STILL NOTHING IN THIS WORLD TO ME... NEVER BEATS A BEAUTIFULLY DONE AEROGLOSS FINISH?
Opps! I don't mean this to be mean spirited
....since today we see so many many beautiful finishes using all kinds of products. Guess it all boils down to the gifts and talents of the artistic soul of the beholder and lots n' lots of LUCK!
(u kun tell that sniffin' all those paint thinners n fumes taint'turt me a rattt-uh-tatt tatt!