stumbling onward. disaster... the day after the wheel pants dried and still in the booth I thought I should bake them so I turn the electric heaters on. after about an hour the pant next to the heater began to exhibit what I researched was solvent popping. turned the heaters off.
booth 80F
my painting method was primer, wait 30 minutes, then one medium coat Concept, wait 10 minutes, then second coat Concept. it was raining outside and 50F. this is the pant with solvent popping on one side that was next to the heaters.
this is another couple of pants that look OK, not next to the heat. But not as smooth as when first painted.
perhaps I didn't wait long enough between coats. I will try a some coupons to test before painting any more Concept. do not bake these parts 24 hrs after painting.
I removed the spray can self etching primer off the tips of the control surfaces with lacquer thinner because when I primed the overall I left one area at the tail, behind the rudder, in self-etching primer and it lifted. self-etching primer under this surface.
self etching primer washed off and new DPLF and K36 primer applied to tips. I also sanded the trailing edge of the elevator tips to a better looking edge. they were originally very thick.
First time to try DeKups for painting upside down. It works and I like it. note: the overall aircraft was primed with a loaned citation turbine sprayer that was nice but needed to be reconfigured for spraying upside down and had some drip problems. it was a bottom feed cup and holds a lot of paint so that was good. the DeKups reservoir is not as large.
James Bond light helmet. Even with the lighting the end is not in sight.