One crucial thing.
You havent said what paint was used. If it was the Poly***** stuff then i'm
not that surprised. I havent come accross anyone who is happy with the
stuff.
The only paint that should be used is two pack epoxy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Smith" <jodel@nildram.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 3:08 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Paint dilemma
>
> Some advice from you all please.
>
> I have had my Europa painted by "a person that will remain nameless" who
> should know what they are doing. They delivered it back to me in mid
> January.
> The fuselage was delivered to my house for some more fitting out to be
> completed but the wings were delivered direct to the airfield.
> They were unloaded from the trailer by myself and "a person that will
> remain
> nameless "and stored in the hangar on a cradle still in the polythene as
> delivered.
> On checking them last week with my inspector we found that the inside of
> the
> polythene was wet and over the lower third (they are sitting on the LE so
> 1/3rd back from the LE on upper and lower surfaces) the paint is raised
> into
> thousands of tiny bubbles each around 0.1 to 0.2mm in size. We have
> removed
> the polythene and moved them to an enclosed area of the hangar where we
> can
> leave a fan heater running which raises the ambient temp by about 4
> degrees
> c.
>
> Photos can be seen at:
>
> http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/IMG_7340.JPG
> http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/IMG_7343.JPG
> http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/IMG_7344.JPG
>
> The third picture is probably the clearest example of what has occurred.
>
> When this was discovered I phoned the " person that will remain nameless"
> and described the problem. He said that once the moisture had dried off
> the
> paint would return to normal. Given that the wings have been sitting in
> this enclosed heated area for a week now with no change to the surface
> finish finish, what do you think the outcome will be? Do you believe it
> will dry out and return? Have you seen this happen? The painter and I are
> 5
> hours drive apart so it is not an easy one to solve!
>
> thanks
>
> Simon
>
> G-BZTN kit 504
>
>
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