Glassing and Painting techniques

[Jetpainter]

Yep, the 3M blue vinyl fine lines tape for masking the actual paint line and the 3M blue painters tape for everything else. If you don't have the blue painters tape normal masking tape will, do just stick it to your clothes first and then the surface. That's the bodyshop way to make "low tack" tape. Just don't use cheap tape. Some of it works fine, others is a disaster waiting to happen. I try to stick with 3M or American Tape brand.

 

[Jlc]

How do you prepare monokote for paint?

 

[Jetpainter]

How do you prepare monokote for paint?

It's been a long time since I've done it, but I've done it with both Monocote and Ultracote. I was painting stripes so I masked the lines I wanted, scuffed it with a red ScotchBrite pad, primed it lightly (more for color coverage than anything) and painted like normal. It always worked out well. Someone else may have a better way.

 

[Jlc]

I guess I can go one of three ways to put the Raven on my wings. Vinyl, monokote, or paint it on over the monokote. Ideas??

 

[Jetpainter]

Vinyl wrap maybe. Or printed air release vinyl from B&E graphics.

 

[Jlc]

Yes vinyl will probably be easiest.

 

[Jetpainter]

The air release from B&E is very easy to install as well.

 

[BikeRacer]

The "low tack" trick sounds handy. I'm always so nervous to pull off the tape in fear of having paint come with it.

 

[Jetpainter]

The "low tack" trick sounds handy. I'm always so nervous to pull off the tape in fear of having paint come with it.

Anyone that worked in a bodyshop in the late 80's early 90's is probably familiar with that horrible feeling when you see paint on the backside of your tape. The paint peeled off of everything the big three made back then and you had to be super careful.

 

[Wacobipe]

I guess I can go one of three ways to put the Raven on my wings. Vinyl, monokote, or paint it on over the monokote. Ideas??

Why not glass the wings and then paint the entire plane? That's my plan with the 2.5 I once had time to build...