K'Tesh
07-30-2013, 01:17 AM
Yes, you read that right...
A bedspread ruined my paint job.
Yesterday, in the AM, I painted the back portion of the nosecone with the recommended Krylon Mandarin Orange. I thought it looked rather nice. I had sanded out all of the seams, smoothed the surface with 320, 400, 600 grit sandpaper, and gave it a polish with toothpaste (for those minty fresh flights). I had even removed the raised panel lines (e.g. the one that separated the forward portion of the radome from the rest of the nosecone) and replaced them with nicely cut engraved panel lines.
Paint went on fine, and I let the thing dry overnight. This morning I felt it, and if felt dry to the touch, but I had to run, so I left it sitting on my bed (temps in my room never got above 77F today). I get home in the afternoon, and pick it up, and it stuck to the bedspread.
No paint transferred to the fabric, but you could almost see the weave of the cloth in the paint.
Fortunately for me, I have some paint thinner, so I managed to strip the paint off of the nosecone. By that time, though, it was too late to try to paint tonight.
Anybody know how long it takes Krylon's paint and primer SH** to dry enough that it won't be ruined by a feather bed?
What's that line from "The King's Speach" again?
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A bedspread ruined my paint job.
Yesterday, in the AM, I painted the back portion of the nosecone with the recommended Krylon Mandarin Orange. I thought it looked rather nice. I had sanded out all of the seams, smoothed the surface with 320, 400, 600 grit sandpaper, and gave it a polish with toothpaste (for those minty fresh flights). I had even removed the raised panel lines (e.g. the one that separated the forward portion of the radome from the rest of the nosecone) and replaced them with nicely cut engraved panel lines.
Paint went on fine, and I let the thing dry overnight. This morning I felt it, and if felt dry to the touch, but I had to run, so I left it sitting on my bed (temps in my room never got above 77F today). I get home in the afternoon, and pick it up, and it stuck to the bedspread.
No paint transferred to the fabric, but you could almost see the weave of the cloth in the paint.
Fortunately for me, I have some paint thinner, so I managed to strip the paint off of the nosecone. By that time, though, it was too late to try to paint tonight.
Anybody know how long it takes Krylon's paint and primer SH** to dry enough that it won't be ruined by a feather bed?
What's that line from "The King's Speach" again?
.