jimboflying
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The fabric on the rear belly of my amphib is peeling paint. The exposed fabric has a green tint. There is no silver just bare fabric. What has caused this and what must i do now? Age of the fabric and paint is unknown.
Fabric repair
- Thread starter jimboflying
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Im guessing the silver came off with the peeling paint, also guessing that if its "peeling" it's finished in urethane in which case tough to do a spot repair. If it's an isolated area (not showing signs of failing in multiple areas) one can scuff the area in question glue on a patch (assuming Randolph process = green) bring the repaired area up thru silver then try to blend and match topcoat.
Other option, put a sticker over it.
mike mcs repair
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chugiak AK
skywagon8a
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SE Mass MA6
Black.
mike mcs repair
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chugiak AK
their glue is green
Cubus Maximus
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Stewarts
mike mcs repair
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chugiak AK
more stuff to store and trip over...
i still just use a homemade end turner made from a streering strait rod end, and a saw horse... has worked fine for over 30 years or so...
PIPER J5.5
FRIEND
corvallis,or
Come on Mike, that is the best rotisserie I've ever seen.
supercrow
FRIEND
Smith Pond near Millinocket, Me
Have used a complete rotator like that for years and wouldn't do it any other way. Really great for spraying as you can just keep rolling it around without touching wing surfaces. I usually put the bottom fabric on and that mount it in the rotator and it doesn't come out again until finish painted. I have two of them and sometimes use both at the same time.
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
How do you paint the wing?
Hardtailjohn
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Marion, MT
I would guess it's ceconite. If they didn't get the nitrate in good on the very first coat, the butyrate doesn't stick so well. That happens. Who knows what the topcoat is... You can do some testing and figure out what topcoat (somewhat) you have. If you're not going to try to recover, you'll need to go back with the steps of the process. Nothing in the logbooks?
