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Jaybannist(at)cs.com
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 Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: Polishing (or NOT) |
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All this talk about painting and the only alternative, polishing, has my head spinning. I know that both these options can produce a very attractive airplane. But does anyone ever consider clean, unpainted, unpolished aluminum? Just a thought.
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gboothe(at)calply.com
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| Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: Polishing (or NOT) |
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Yuch!!! (just kidding) I’m polishing AND painting….
Gary Boothe
Cool, CA
601 HDSTD, WW Conversion
Tail done, wings done, working on c-section
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….does anyone ever consider clean, unpainted, unpolished aluminum? Just a thought.
Jay in Dallas, working on XL fusealge 01234567890123
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jeffrey_davidson(at)earth
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| Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject: Polishing (or NOT) |
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Why not? Actually, there are some around. It's a perfectly valid option. Not that we are vain, but after putting in lots of effort in our planes, most of us choose to try to make it look as attractive as we can. That helps with the reluctant passenger too. But it is not absolutely necessary. Naked is nice!
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Jeff Davidson
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All this talk about painting and the only alternative, polishing, has my head spinning. I know that both these options can produce a very attractive airplane. But does anyone ever consider clean, unpainted, unpolished aluminum? Just a thought.
Jay in Dallas, working on XL fusealge [quote] [b]
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daveaustin2(at)can.rogers
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| Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: Polishing (or NOT) |
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I did not paint my 601 for the first three years. Just wash and dry. Small pits started to show all over, so had to paint.
Canadian weather.
Dave Austin 601HDS - 912, Spitfire Mk VIII
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grant.corriveau(at)TELUS.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:41 am Post subject: Polishing (or NOT) |
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I have left my 601HDS auminum surfaces unfinished for several years now. For the first few years it was out in an open tie-down spot all summer, rain or shine, with just a canopy cover. Then it was indoors, wings off, for the winter being 'fine-tuned'... During this time the aluminium dulled a little, but still looked not too bad - especially from a distance  .
Last winter I put the airplane into an open hangar. Due to the dust from the hangar floor, combining with the greater humidity and condensation, combining with some amounts of snow that would blow in and 'dust' the airplane, the surface of the aluminum deteriorated more in those few months than all the years before. Now it's very dull and 'rough'. This is apparently not a concern in terms of corrosion as that's what 6061T6 is supposed to do, (i.e. produce a surface layer to block further contact with air and moisture), but it's not pretty by any means. And the amount of polishing that would be required now to clean up this deeper level of surface dulling/pitting, doesn't make that seem like a good option any more.
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Grant Corriveau
GHTF 601hds
(you can see the most recent photo on the blogsite link below. still doesn't look too bad from a distance! but don't get too close)
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I did not paint my 601 for the first three years. Just wash and dry.
Small pits started to show all over, so had to paint.
Canadian weather.
Dave Austin 601HDS - 912, Spitfire Mk VIII |
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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: Polishing (or NOT) |
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And most of the WWII Spits I've seen were camo!
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Bill Naumuk
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