skyfrog
Well Known Member
I have read many threads on priming and they all seem to start with, ?I have read many threads on priming??
The variety of concerns and opinions, which include: environmental, health, strength/durability, longevity, etc., offer too many options for the first time builder.
As a first time builder, with my RV-9A Empennage about to arrive this week, I will need to decide on a primer very soon.
To help myself and others in this quest, I think it should be a simple task to create an Excel spread sheet with simple criteria.
For example:
What humidity level do you live in? Dry, Average, Wet.
How much effort will you put into the process: Low, Medium, High.
Environmental Concern: Kill all who interfere, will bury larger animals, care about neighbor?s well.
The Excel spreadsheet should also consider weighting the personal choices. For example, are environmental concerns or gross weight your biggest effort.
In my case: High salt/wet environment, I don?t have the time, don?t care about weight, but my neighbors do have wells. So the spreadsheet should give me a high score on:
Yellow self etching sprayed on all interior surfaces.*
This should be an easy enough task to create if someone with extensive primer experience works with someone who knows Excel. .
John Edwards
RV-9A ? Empennage (on the Fed-Ex truck)
* Does that seem right?
A partial list, please add to the list:
Environmental Concern: Low, Medium, High
Ease of Application: Low, Medium, High
Weather: Dry, Medium, Moist
Salt in Area: Low Medium, High
Water Wells: Yes/No
On the other page of the Excel Spreadsheet:
No Primer Needed
<List of all primer options>
The variety of concerns and opinions, which include: environmental, health, strength/durability, longevity, etc., offer too many options for the first time builder.
As a first time builder, with my RV-9A Empennage about to arrive this week, I will need to decide on a primer very soon.
To help myself and others in this quest, I think it should be a simple task to create an Excel spread sheet with simple criteria.
For example:
What humidity level do you live in? Dry, Average, Wet.
How much effort will you put into the process: Low, Medium, High.
Environmental Concern: Kill all who interfere, will bury larger animals, care about neighbor?s well.
The Excel spreadsheet should also consider weighting the personal choices. For example, are environmental concerns or gross weight your biggest effort.
In my case: High salt/wet environment, I don?t have the time, don?t care about weight, but my neighbors do have wells. So the spreadsheet should give me a high score on:
Yellow self etching sprayed on all interior surfaces.*
This should be an easy enough task to create if someone with extensive primer experience works with someone who knows Excel. .
John Edwards
RV-9A ? Empennage (on the Fed-Ex truck)
* Does that seem right?
A partial list, please add to the list:
Environmental Concern: Low, Medium, High
Ease of Application: Low, Medium, High
Weather: Dry, Medium, Moist
Salt in Area: Low Medium, High
Water Wells: Yes/No
On the other page of the Excel Spreadsheet:
No Primer Needed
<List of all primer options>