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i seem to remember that the spirit of st louis is a silvered colored dope. does anyone make that color? SNJ aluminum, Floquil silver or various shades, Testor's chrome silver.........it's really just silver paint, pick a shde you like and use it. > i seem to remember that the spirit of st louis is a silvered > colored dope. does anyone make that color? > SNJ aluminum, Floquil silver or various shades, Testor's chrome > silver.........it's really just silver paint, pick a shde you like and > use it. I'd go with a aluminum that tends to the grey side, rather than too metallic, leave that for the engine turned cowling. ** mike ** >> SNJ aluminum, Floquil silver or various shades, Testor's chrome >> silver.........it's really just silver paint, pick a shde you like and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >mike >** that sounds closer. maybe a small tint of black, too. > > SNJ aluminum, Floquil silver or various shades, Testor's chrome > > silver.........it's really just silver paint, pick a shde you like and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > mike > ** I concur. Silver doped fabric is not super shiny. So in addition to not as metallic, it should not be glossy. The surface should be at the border of semi-gloss to gloss. Some automotive silver greys work fine. If you are airbrushing you can control the amount of gloss fine, but from a rattle can it is harder. However, engine turned aluminum oxides to a semi-matt pretty quickly, so I would argue that the turned cowl shouldn't be high gloss either. In fact, it should definitely be semi-matt. >> > SNJ aluminum, Floquil silver or various shades, Testor's chrome >> > silver.........it's really just silver paint, pick a shde you like and [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >so I would argue that the turned cowl shouldn't be high gloss either. >In fact, it should definitely be semi-matt. thanks, guys. On Jun 29, 8:49 am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota <stauf...@usfamily.net> wrote: > However, engine turned aluminum oxides to a semi-matt pretty quickly, > so I would argue that the turned cowl shouldn't be high gloss either. > In fact, it should definitely be semi-matt. Well, the SOSL was pretty much a plane fresh out of the Ryan factory, done April 28, and the flight May 20th. Aluminum goes quick, but not that quick, esp for a plane that was hangared for most of that time. I'd not weather this plane at all. ** mike ** >On Jun 29, 8:49 am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota <stauf...@usfamily.net> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >mike >** not even after the 27,000 mile tour it took around the universe? On Jun 29, 10:57 am, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <1183138278.773244.90...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, mike <marat...@yahoo.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > not even after the 27,000 mile tour it took around the > universe? You know..........my wife has called me a "Silver Haired Dope" on more than one ocassion (:> >On Jun 29, 10:57 am, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article <1183138278.773244.90...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, mike [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >You know..........my wife has called me a "Silver Haired Dope" on more >than one ocassion (:> and you're turning gray. >SNJ aluminum, Floquil silver or various shades, Testor's chrome >silver.........it's really just silver paint, pick a shde you like and >use it. > >> i seem to remember that the spirit of st louis is a silvered >> colored dope. does anyone make that color? it looked silver colored, not silver. like darker. That's why I named paints that look silver colored instead of Alclad that looks like metal. >>SNJ aluminum, Floquil silver or various shades, Testor's chrome >>silver.........it's really just silver paint, pick a shde you like and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > it looked silver colored, not silver. like darker. If this shows up twice, my apologies as my response last night isn't here. Anyway, any silver/aluminum shade should do, as all silver dope is is clear dope with aluminum powder mixed with it for protecting the fabric from the sun. It generally dries with a dull finish. Humidity also seriously effects its drying characteristics. On Jun 28, 6:36 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: > i seem to remember that the spirit of st louis is a silvered > colored dope. does anyone make that color? > If this shows up twice, my apologies as my response last night > isn't here. Anyway, any silver/aluminum shade should do, as all silver [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > i seem to remember that the spirit of st louis is a silvered > > colored dope. does anyone make that color? Aircraft mechanics are warned and taught about blushing (the whitening and roughness of dope painted in high humidity). So a professionally painted aircraft should not suffer from it (they don't paint on a humid day), though I have seen some blush areas on home painted aircraft. For SOSL, I'd say a semi-gloss would be appropriate. True enough, but it depends on the mechanic's location. Here in Miss., sometimes you can't wait weeks or maybe months for the humidity to get 'just right', so you make it the best you can. On Jun 29, 8:52 am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota <stauf...@usfamily.net> wrote: > > If this shows up twice, my apologies as my response last night > > isn't here. Anyway, any silver/aluminum shade should do, as all silver [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > humid day), though I have seen some blush areas on home painted > aircraft. For SOSL, I'd say a semi-gloss would be appropriate. On Jun 28, 6:36 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: > i seem to remember that the spirit of st louis is a silvered > colored dope. does anyone make that color? Either one of our aluminum paints would be ideal...SnJ Spray Metal Aluminum (Enamel) or Talon Series Aluminum (Acrylic). http://www.hawkeyeshobbies.com/productlist.htm |
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