Saturday, October 17, 2009

Painting: Horiz Stabilizors, Elevators, Rudder

I finished spraying the tail feathers. First pic shows them being positioned horizontally on saw horses.

Next pic shows what first coat of primer looks like on one side.
Here is pic after first top coat.
Here is pic following second top coat. I hung all the pieces at this point, thinking I could shoot everything at once and minimize contamination on coat. This worked well, but I neglected to consider air pressure of spray on pieces which resulted in them becoming moving targets during spraying. Ended up with orange peel on all of them, but in the interest of time, I decided to press on. Thankfully, I'm done dealing with saw horses and hanging stuff on wires as now on to the big stuff mounted on the rotisserie stand. Will have much more control now.

I have the recurring problem of orange peel developing only on the second pass of each top coat. Never the first one. I currently suspect maybe I'm applying first pass on to heavy. Hope to resolve during shooting of wings, which are next.