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  1. lochieferrier2

    Advice on Paint for New Purchase

    Hi Homebuilt Airplanes Forum, I'm about to become the new owner of a Velocity SE RG in a couple of weeks. You can see the listing here: BARNSTORMERS.COM Find Aircraft & Aircraft Parts - Airplane Sale, Jets, Helicopters, Experimental, Warbirds & Homebuilt . The airplane has been stored for a...
  2. pictsidhe

    Paint temperature test.

    I want to paint my plastic aircraft project in dark colours. I am concerned about it wilting in summer sun. I recently came across Sherwin Williams 'Vinylsafe' paint. It is designed to be safe on vinyl siding. It is exterior Sherwin Williams latex paint tinted with only certain pigments...
  3. B

    Do you have to prime in between parts?

    Hi everyone, I am looking for some wisdom, from experienced builders: When you assemble alloy wing parts (say 2024-T3 for instance), is it important that all parts which are permenantly afixed together receive primer between them. My example is the spar cap strips and spar C-section. Will...
  4. H

    diluting latex paint

    I am coinsidering painting my dacron covered aricraft. i have found various references to diluting the paint with automotive windshield washer fluid. I cannot imagine that all brands of washer fluid in all markets are identical therefore my questions are 1 what is the active ingredient in...
  5. Z

    Happy to help with composites & Experiemental Aircraft

    My name is Rob Huntington, General Manager of Zero Gravity Builders Studio located in Pasco, WA. I was formerly with Phoenix Composites for about 8 years and have been involved with building experimental aircraft since I was a kid when my father & I started construction of a Starduster Too in...
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