Poly Fiber Solids

[avidflyer]

I've recovered an Avid Flyer and a Kitfox 4 and in each case used about 3 gallons of each, poly brush, poly spray, and poly tone. I did put one less coat of poly spray on the bottom of the fuselage and wings and tail feathers. If I remember right, I used 2 cross coats of poly spray, and couldn't see a light bulb held inside the fuselage. One thing to bear in mind, is poly fibre system should last for many, many years on a plane that sits outside. I knew mine would always be in a hangar when it's not out flying, and so UV is far less of a problem in my case. Another thing is I wasn't worried about completely filling the weave, just getting a even paint job with no light spots. Here is the Avid Flyer. Jim Chuk

[ken nougaret]

My pic shows 3.5 gallons of paint(poly-tone). The rest is polybrush and polyspray.

[rosslr]

Josh, We used pretty much the same as Ken described. I found I used a lot more Poly Brush than I expected and getting a good white base for any colour top coat was essential.

cheers

ross

[AirFox]

Hay Josh, I need to correct my prior post from 8 gallons of Aerothane to 4 Gallons of Aerothane for my top coat. I think I could have got it done with two gallons if I was an expert with the HVLP sprayer. Good luck Josh.

Scott

[Esser]

Thanks everyone. Scott, I am using urethane so that should be similar for what I need. Did you paint your whole plane grey first and then add the blue?

[AirFox]

I just overlapped 6 inches or so. Looking forward to see your progress.

[Eric]

Does anyone used a roller instead of a spraygun with the polyfiber solids?

[Lion8]

Just a quick couple tricks on painting. What ever you use, High Pressure or HVLP, put a couple marbles or ball bearings in the bottom of the container before you button it up. It will act as a 'rattle can'
The other one is to always have a roll of 1" masking tape on your hip. If you get a run, hang the gun up, take a piece of tape about 6" to 8" long. Make the sign of the 'Omega' with the sticky side towards the paint job. Lay the tape into the run and let it splay out a bit. lift it out slowly. It sill lift the run off. Come back in a minute and give it a couple shots. Wa-la- Run is gone. May leave a bit of a molted finish is you wait to long. Hope this helps-Tom