Paint starting off not so good
 

Bought Lowe's Valspar Signature paint which they said is their best and a Purdy brush which they said is their best. Painted one 1.5 to 2 ft wide vertical strip and knew that I was not going farther with that combination. It was like pushing glue around with terrible brush marks. I'm hoping I'm not dealing with a sealer/paint incompatibility. Went back and bought a 12' extension and roller plus a few other utilities. We will see how this works.

Bob Axsom

A-h-h-h-h YES!
 

Do you remember the movie where Meg Ryan is in this restaurant and tells the guy she is with that she has no trouble faking joy and fulfilment and after she finishes demonstrating another customer says "I'll have what she's having"? That is how happy I was with the results of my new tools - no faking.





I plan to add another coat tomorrow.

Bob Axsom

wall is nice and white.....so is Bluebird. ;)

It's worse than it looks in the photo
 

I don't dare wipe it off or start the engine. One of these days soon I am going to pull it probably 150 yards to the wash rack and try to flood the sanding dust off then blow dry it at 180 kts.

Bob Axsom

PICTURE
 

Bob, with all this prep, I can hardly wait to see the photo you are going to put on the wall!

3-6-12 Neighboring hangar the Status and the picture
 

The guy from the neigboring hangar to the rear right came by and I didn't recognize him because he had put on some weight and actually changed general shape. Maybe he was swelled up with anger rather than weight. He said "you know who has a airplane that looks just like yours?" I said with great interest "No who?" He said "ME!". When I sanded the joint compond on my wall it not only covered enerything in my hangar but his as well. There is a gap up at the top of the dividing wall and I guess that was enough to allow his multiple award winning and Sport Aviation featured (in the Jack Cox days) Piper Clipper to be covered with thick dust. He went away with an understanding attitude when I explaind what it was and when it happened. I offered to vacuum his floor but he declined - I wouldn't think of touching his plane because it truely is exceptional.

So after dodging that bullet I put on the second coat of Valspar semi-gloss ultra white paint on both walls. It came out very smooth but if I get at the right angle I can see where the joints are. They will present no problem for the photo but they are not quite perfect.

I pulled the plane to the wash rack with 4 or 5 rest stops and flooded the surface with water. Since I had just washed the plane and waxed it before the sanding I thought the dust would just flow off but No-o-o-o it left a film that was almost as ugly as the original dust. It is going to need hand washing and waxing again. That's OK but I want to get started on a mod for the cooling air outlet. I flew it but that didn't help either.

Bedford Sign Bill told me he had a near full size example of my picture ready for review so I drove to the store in north Fayetteville and had a look. I was repulsed it was so bad when I was standing there a couple of feet away. After all this work preparing the wall I had to think about it. I thought how much we loved Claude Monet's impresionist paintings. Bill put it up on a wall about 15 feet away and it actually looked good. Altimately, I said let's go with it, just give me your best effort.

SO, it is still up in the air whether this sort of thing is practical or not. The saga continues.

Bob Axsom

It's going to be like an advertising billboard image - they look fine from a distance but not designed for close-up viewing. Trust your print guy, I'm sure it will be a great result. :)

Hey Bob....Looks like your coming along just fine....If you applied your Gaurdz correctly, all the torn face paper of the drywall and any remaining loose paint or primer should be locked down like it was new. You will have no issues with paint compatibility as Gaurdz will accept any material when dry. Did you have any bubbles when applying your paint coats??....If so I will mail you something to fix it easily along with the proper squeegee you'll need for the installation. You can get a seam buster from Advance Equipment....800-621-4516....cheap and you will need it...get a pack of blades for it also as you will use this little gem for other things down the road. Send your address to rw.trw(at)lvcoxmail.com and my office will mail them to you today or tomorrow. And dont forget to call me so I can walk you through the install.

Robb...702-429-7291

Oh....I did warn you about clean up on you!:)...just take ordinary hair conditioner and rub it all over your skin, hair and wherever else it landed, two coats and ten minutes later, jump in a hot shower....Done....dont worry its not toxic at all so you wont grow any weird things on your body:eek:

Robb

Everything is lining up well for the next task
 

I did have a couple of area delaminations that showed up as I was applying the first coat of Guardz but I scraped them off and applied the Guardz - no problems that I know of. I ordered the Seam Buster from www.paintstoreonline.com as the lady at Advance Equipment advised. I emailed my address.

Bob Axsom