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Brett Walmsley

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 47
Location: Savannah, GA

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject: Static electricity

There has been some discussion in the past regarding some of the dangers of static electricity and refueling. Well, I have a story to share. Some of you know me and know I have been working on this model IV for two years now. Seems like I started it yesterday. It has been the most rewarding project I have ever been involved with. I am finished covering and I am in the painting stage now. I must confess it is much easier than I thought it would be. Just like the poly-fiber book says, "poly-tone is dead easy". Well, the tail feathers are silver the fuse is white and today I started painting on the wings. I had one wing on the rotating fixture in the booth (garage) and was wiping it down with C-2210 to prep for the first spray coat of poly-brush. I could "feel" the static electricity popping as I wiped the wing as I had felt it numerous times before in the painting process when all of a sudden, "woof", the rag ignited and I had a nice fire on my hands. The wing was burning and so was the rag. Luckily, I blew the fire on the wing out almost instantly (no damage other than some soot and pride), but the rag was saturated with C-2210 and as I threw it to the floor it flared up pretty good. I kicked it to the door, got the door open and stomped it out, but, WOW what a scare. This is my third incident in my life with static electricity. Y'all be careful out there.

Any input on how to prevent this would be greatly appreciated. I am not done painting yet, but I am a little nervous about wiping down with C-2210. I was using painters rags from Home Depot (t-shirt type material).

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Model IV 1200/912UL

Kcozik(at)cablespeed.com
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: Static electricity

Hi Brent,  I have seen this first hand.  I'm in the body shop business and 

have heard of this several times.  The paint manufacturer we use at our shop 

(Akzo Nobel) sells a product called anti-stat prep solvent.  It is used in 

the shop for paint prep on misc. plastic and rubber parts which are prone to 

static build-up.  Let me know if you need any help finding it.

Kevin

S6 in Michigan

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:54 am Post subject: Static electricity

Scary tale, Brett!  When I was working on my IV, I felt the static when 

wiping down the wing with a tack rag, so I ended up attaching a braided 

copper ground strap to the spars, and letting it dangle on the 

wetted-down shop floor. I also used a braided copper strap (1/4" wide) 

stuck down inside my sock (and shoe) and trailing along the floor when 

painting. I made sure that whenever I rotated the wing, that the strap 

would remain in contact with the floor.



Lynn

On Saturday, January 14, 2006, at 07:44  PM, Brett Walmsley wrote:



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 There has been some discussion in the past regarding some of the 

 dangers of static electricity and refueling. Well, I have a story to 

 share. Some of you know me and know I have been working on this model 

 IV for two years now. Seems like I started it yesterday. It has been 

 the most rewarding project I have ever been involved with. I am 

 finished covering and I am in the painting stage now. I must confess 

 it is much easier than I thought it would be. Just like the poly-fiber 

 book says, "poly-tone is dead easy". Well, the tail feathers are 

 silver the fuse is white and today I started painting on the wings. I 

 had one wing on the rotating fixture in the booth (garage) and was 

 wiping it down with C-2210 to prep for the first spray coat of 

 poly-brush. I could "feel" the static electricity popping as I wiped 

 the wing as I had felt it numerous times before in the painting 

 process when all of a sudden, "woof", the rag ignited and I had a nice 

 fire on my hands. The wing was burning and !

  so was the rag. Luckily, I blew the fire on the wing out almost 

 instantly (no damage other than some soot and pride), but the rag was 

 saturated with C-2210 and as I threw it to the floor it flared up 

 pretty good. I kicked it to the door, got the door open and stomped it 

 out, but, WOW what a scare. This is my third incident in my life with 

 static electricity. Y'all be careful out there.

 Any input on how to prevent this would be greatly appreciated. I am 

 not done painting yet, but I am a little nervous about wiping down 

 with C-2210. I was using painters rags from Home Depot (t-shirt type 

 material).

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Brett Walmsley

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 47
Location: Savannah, GA

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:08 am Post subject: Static electricity

Thanks Kevin,

I will attempt to locate that product or one like it.

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Ceashman(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:39 am Post subject: Static electricity

Kevin and Brett.

I am very familiar with Anti Static Degreaser, used for plastic and 

fiberglass parts, that kind of stuff. I have worked for Akzo Nobel for 27 years.

DO NOT USE THE NORMAL SOLVENT DEGREASERS WHEN WIPING DOWN ANYTHING THAT IS 

NYLON, POLYESTER OR FIBERGLASS.



Brett.

Go to the local drug counter and purchase a bottle of rubbing alcohol, a 

gallon of distilled water and also one of those trigger sprayers.



Mix the alcohol 50 / 50 with distilled water and now you have a very good 

static free cleaner.

It is easy to spray on with the pump sprayer and you wipe off/dry off with 

some cotton towels (old T shirts). You can use this on plexiglass or anything 

you want to clean down. It is not a very good wax remover Kevin, that is why we 

have the Anti Static Degreaser for car repair.



This in fact will be superior to a solvent degreaser to remove the dried out 

traces of the wet sanding sludge of the silver Polyspray.

So using the alcohol wipe will not build up electricity = SAFER, and because 

you do not charge the surface with static electricity you should have a much 

cleaner paint job because the trash will not be attracted by the static charge.



 All the best,  Eric.

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