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Fuselage Covering of my Rans S6S

 

 

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8-26-06

Finished prepping fuselage for covering. bolted 1X4's to firewall for supports to rotate fuselage. Covered bottom of fuselage and tightened to 250 degrees.

8.0 hrs

8-30-06 Covered right side of fuselage. Tighten to 250 degrees. 3.5 hrs

8-31-06 Covered left side 3.0 hrs
9-1-06 Ironed down edges and checked fabric 2.0 hrs
9-3-06 Taped sides and top. 9.0 hrs
9-4-06 More taping. 1.5 hrs
   
9-5-06 Moe taping and patches. 4.0 hrs
9-6-06 Double checked edges applied two foam brush coats of cecofil to bottom and sides. 3.5 hrs
9-7-06 Applied two foam brush coats of cecofil to top. Began taping off preparing for spraying. 2.5 hrs
9-8-06 finish taping and sanding 2.5 hrs
9-9-06 Spray 3 more coats of cecofil and begin sanding. 6.0 hrs
9-10-06 Finish sanding cecofil. Applied 5 coats of white. Not happy with this paint tries to set up in gun and you cannot keep it in suspension ie: it keeps separating and starts spraying chunky. sanded rough texture this sh** looks like splatter paint. It didn't do good on the wings but I thought it was something I did.  I have sprayed Dupont Starthane, Durathane, ChromaOne, ICI's Urethanes and the PPG urethanes and I have never had anything like this. I'll not use Stewart Systems paint again. Their cecofil is fine they just don't have a good paint. Taped off and painted blue. Needs to be redone. 11.0 hrs
9-11-06 Repaint Blue 2.0 hrs

9-12-06 Installed gear. Turned fuse over. Reinstalled floorboard. 6.0 hrs