Oct 19, 2022     Paint Landing Gear Legs - (2 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Sprayed gear legs with Polybrush and Polyspray on previous days, then sprayed multiple coats of orange. Unlike other parts, I did not first apply one coat of white, curious if I will see a brightness difference in natural light.

  Oct 15, 2022     Painted Fuselage - (8.5 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Purchased more reducer and some Dakota Black Polytone. Lots of time with masking. Used fine line tape. Got paint on it before Temps drop. So far I have purchased $1333.23 of Polybrush, Polyspray, Polytone, reducer, epoxy primer, blush remover, surface cleaner and etc. Lots of labor with painting. Pumpkin Orange, Dakota Black, and Insignia White.

  Oct 06, 2022     Polyspray on Fuselage - (3 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Applied crosscoats of UV protection to fuselage. Purchased masking tape and filters.

  Oct 01, 2022     Prepping Fuselage for Paint - (4 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Took a couple of hours to mask the cockpit and other others I did not want spray on. Then wiped down and tack cloth, then two coats of Polybrush sprayed on. First coat in the morning, second coat late afternoon.

  Sep 11, 2022     Right Wing - (6 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Painted Right Wing, now will add pinstripe at orange/white edge. Lots of labor with painting.

  Aug 17, 2022     Left Wing Paint - (6 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Paint Pumpkin Orange on leading edge to add some character. Wonder if vinyl pinstripe will remain in place.

  Aug 09, 2022     Left Wing Paint Coats - (4 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Applied 2 medium coats and a light coat to get full coverage.

  Aug 09, 2022     More Paint Supplies       Category: Paint / Decals

Another gallon of Insignia White, One gallon of Pumpkin Orange, and a gallon of reducer.

  Aug 05, 2022     Left Wing UV Polyspray - (4.5 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Sprayed first coat of Polyspray. Sanded lightly imperfections, smoothed out lifted plinking on fabric tapes with iron. Applied additional coats of UV protectant Polyspray.

  Jul 24, 2022     Left Wing Polybrush Spray Coats - (4.5 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Sprayed two coats of Polybrush on left wing. 1st coat on Saturday, then ironed smooth in plinking tapes that peeled up a bit because of solvents in Polybrush.

  Jul 02, 2022     Flaps Painted - (4 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

A couple coats of Insignia White applied. Trim off the fabric identifier ink stamps from fabric before applying, they bleed through the multi coats of Polybrush, Polyspray, Polytone. Dang!

  Jun 26, 2022     Ailerons & Flaps UV Coat - (4 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Working through the process of applying 3 crossroads. Iron out air bubbles, picking tape and lightly sanding with 400 grit paper imperfections between coats.

  Jun 07, 2022     Insignia White Polytone Paint       Category: Paint / Decals

2 gallons of paint, others suggest 3 gallons are needed, ordered 2 Gallons to keep going. Still need some orange and black paint as well.

  Jun 04, 2022     Polyspray Control Surfaces - (8 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Sprayed 3 crossroads on rudder, stabilizers, smoothed picked tape edges with iron on elevators, ailerons, flaps. Applied first crossroad on elevators.

  May 24, 2022     Polybrush Control Surfaces - (6 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Sprayed 2 coats of Polybrush on ailerons, flaps, elevators, horizontal stab, rudder. 2 hour rest between coats.

  Apr 24, 2022     Flaps- 2 coats of Polybrush - (2.5 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Sprayed two coats of Polybrush on flaps. Temps were warm enough. Coats fill the weave of fabric. Waited two hours between coats. Paint booth worked well.

  Apr 11, 2022     Ready to Spray       Category: Paint / Decals

More Polybrush to spray two more coats on everything. Polyspray is the UV protection coating. Plus a quart of surface cleaner and Blush retarded. Still need to buy the Polytone paint.

  Apr 15, 2021     Polyfiber Materials       Category: Paint / Decals

3 gallons of Polybrush, 3 yards of lightweight fabric for doilies, 1 gallon of 65-75 Reducer.

  Dec 21, 2020     Zinc Chromate Primer       Category: Paint / Decals

One rattle can of Zinc Chromate primer.

  Jul 09, 2020     Epoxy Prime Parts - (1.5 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Primed more control surface hinges and front kick panels and access plate.

  Jul 08, 2020     Priming of Small Parts - (1.5 hours)       Category: Paint / Decals

Applied epoxy primer with spray gun to aileron/flap hinges and control brackets as well as windshield mounting brackets.

  Apr 27, 2020     Paint Scheme Concept       Category: Paint / Decals

Nitsuj Designs provided a conceptual paint scheme. Paint Theme name is "Brush Cutter".