Unfortunately, I've wasted hours of the beautiful Pacific Northwest sun today... agonizing over masking of parts before priming to prevent overspray where I didn't want it. My plan is to use the Stewart Systems EkoPrime on inside surfaces - and have the exterior professionally painted when I'm finished.
Can someone just tell me once and for all that it doesn't matter if some of my "inside" priming gets on the "outside" surfaces? Will the paint shop take care of removing anything that's showing? This might include small ribs that show to the outside and some areas of overlapping skin where overspray occurred.
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Switched from P60G2 to the Stewart Systems EkoPrime for the same reasons most people don't like the relatively toxic P60G2. So far, things have gone well - until yesterday, when I did some aft skins on the RV-12 horizontal stabilator. They're pretty small, so I masked the edge holes prevent overspray. It seems that the etching/drying process and leaving the masking tape on overnight trapped etchant under the tape and got me some nice surface corrosion in the morning. I scotchbrite'd the corrosion away this morning. Can I just leave that until it's professionally painted?
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[PS] - What's the point of priming if the professional paint shop uses a stripping method that may ruin the primer on the inside?
Thanks in advance
-Steven
Can someone just tell me once and for all that it doesn't matter if some of my "inside" priming gets on the "outside" surfaces? Will the paint shop take care of removing anything that's showing? This might include small ribs that show to the outside and some areas of overlapping skin where overspray occurred.
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Switched from P60G2 to the Stewart Systems EkoPrime for the same reasons most people don't like the relatively toxic P60G2. So far, things have gone well - until yesterday, when I did some aft skins on the RV-12 horizontal stabilator. They're pretty small, so I masked the edge holes prevent overspray. It seems that the etching/drying process and leaving the masking tape on overnight trapped etchant under the tape and got me some nice surface corrosion in the morning. I scotchbrite'd the corrosion away this morning. Can I just leave that until it's professionally painted?
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[PS] - What's the point of priming if the professional paint shop uses a stripping method that may ruin the primer on the inside?
Thanks in advance
-Steven
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