Thursday, April 7, 2011

New Priming System

After a quick tour of another RV-7 builder's shop, I decided to finally jump off the rattle can primer ship.  I have been getting more and more frustrated by needing to evactuate the room after spraying, or wear my respirator the entire time, and after seeing the simplicity of his system, I switched.  I got a cheap 15 dollar gravity fed spray gun from Harbor freight, set up a spray tent in my workroom, and ordered cleaner, etcher, and single part primer from Stewarts Systems.

The first items to get the new primer treatment were the pieces for the rear spars.  Here is a picture of the rear spars.  It seems to leave a good solid coat, and its a lot less toxic than the rattle can.  I'm very happy with the switch.

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