Posted by Did my first real priming today. My earlier test on the internal panels didn’t turn out too well. Streaky and poor coverage. Too cold and me never used an air spray gun before!
Anyway, after a bit of learning on YouTube and an understanding of gun adjustments. I did some tests on the packing crate wood, I started on the real parts. Rudder and vertical stabiliser.
It’s December and the outside temperature is 4 C, Aerowave 2001 the two-part primer I am using requires at least 15C and less than 80% humidity. I heated up the booth to 15C and carefully started. Took about an hour and 300 ml of Aerowave to do the first parts. Used a small HVLP gun at 29 PSI with a 1 mm nozzle and works quite well once I got the hang of the adjustments.
For the second run of priming, I used 400 mL of Aerowave for the larger parts of the HS and elevator including skins internal surfaces only.
