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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:27 pm    Post subject: paint issues Reply with quote
I've got an RV-6A that was painted (for the first time) last
November. I was, and am, pleased with my paint job. Most of the flaws
are due to my errors, not the paint shop.
That said, over the past several months I've had the paint start
making little bubbles in a ring around some of the stainless screw
heads on the fuel tanks and the wing tips. It's obvious that at some
point these bubbles are going to crack and the paint is going to
flake off.
The paint shop said I had a year warranty so I went back to see the
painter this past week. He was really scratching his head over how to
keep this from happening again after he fixes the current problem.
The screws were all hand-tightened after the plane was painted so I'm
pretty sure they weren't over torqued.
I assured the painter, a conscientious young man who has painted many
airplanes, that there are bunches of RVs out there flying around with
unpainted stainless screws holding the tanks and tips on that don't
have my problem. He doesn't seem to doubt me but I don't think he
feels confident that he can apply the paint so it won't happen again.
My opinion is that he just put too much paint on but he doesn't think
so.
So I thought I'd ask the list what your experiences are in this area.
Do you have unpainted stainless screws attaching your tanks and wing
tips? Have you had any problem with bubbles forming around the
screws? Is is just too much paint? Or contamination? I told the
painter I'd ask these questions and report back.

thanks,

Robert Dickson
RV-6A
Carrboro NC

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f1boss(at)gmail.com
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:30 am    Post subject: paint issues Reply with quote
Piece o cake: take your de-burr tool and clean the paint/primer out of the dimples before screwing the screws in. Don't remove any material -- just scrape the paint out. Might need to sharpen your tool 1st...

Carry on!
Mark

Time: 01:27:36 PM PST US
From: Robert Dickson <robert(at)thenews-journal.com (robert(at)thenews-journal.com)>
Subject: paint issues

--> RV-List message posted by: Robert Dickson <robert(at)thenews-journal.com (robert(at)thenews-journal.com)>

I've got an RV-6A that was painted (for the first time) last
November. I was, and am, pleased with my paint job. Most of the flaws
are due to my errors, not the paint shop.
That said, over the past several months I've had the paint start
making little bubbles in a ring around some of the stainless screw
heads on the fuel tanks and the wing tips. It's obvious that at some
point these bubbles are going to crack and the paint is going to
flake off.
The paint shop said I had a year warranty so I went back to see the
painter this past week. He was really scratching his head over how to
keep this from happening again after he fixes the current problem.
The screws were all hand-tightened after the plane was painted so I'm
pretty sure they weren't over torqued.
I assured the painter, a conscientious young man who has painted many
airplanes, that there are bunches of RVs out there flying around with
unpainted stainless screws holding the tanks and tips on that don't
have my problem. He doesn't seem to doubt me but I don't think he
feels confident that he can apply the paint so it won't happen again.
My opinion is that he just put too much paint on but he doesn't think
so.
So I thought I'd ask the list what your experiences are in this area.
Do you have unpainted stainless screws attaching your tanks and wing
tips? Have you had any problem with bubbles forming around the
screws? Is is just too much paint? Or contamination? I told the
painter I'd ask these questions and report back.

thanks,

Robert Dickson
RV-6A
Carrboro NC
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