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Ian Mantula
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I've been building my first plug for the air conditioning housing on my Marcos Mantula. While I'm quite happy with the way it has turned out in general I am finding the application of the pattern coat primer to be more difficult than shown in the Easy Composites video. I've tried using a brush and a roller, but can't seem to get to the stage where it only needs minor sanding. There always seems to be new imperfections with each coat.
Maybe the working time is too short. I try to mix accurately using digital scales, but never seem to get a consistency that allows the brush or roller marks to flow out. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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Ian
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Pattern coat primer application
Ian Mantula
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10 Years Ago
I had the same problem with my last batch of EC Pattern Coat primer ... I thought it might be the...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
Hi, I used EC Pattern Coat Primer and HI-Gloss to make this plug. After lots of coats I gave up and...
Olivier
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10 Years Ago
Even with spray application you need to bargain on a fair bit of flatting to get it nice and smooth....
MarkMK
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10 Years Ago
thats interesting Mark, still have a video to make about the primer and gloss on plugmaking I'll...
matthieutje65
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10 Years Ago
Thanks for all of the feedback. It's nice to know that it's not just me! I'm getting better at this...
Ian Mantula
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10 Years Ago
If it's of any comfort Ian, I don't think I've yet managed to create a pattern that has a...
MarkMK
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10 Years Ago
Bit of a thread revival, but recently picked up a FN4 nozzle for the G100 cup gun and it's much...
MarkMK
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10 Years Ago
Have you tried spraying the coatings through a regular HVLP gun? I have sprayed tooling gelcoat with...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
No, I haven't, 'though considering getting one at the moment to try some clear-coating. I'd have...
MarkMK
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10 Years Ago
Yeh it's a pity that Duratec products are so hard to get hold of. I've actually lost my supplier...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Has anyone had any experience using Durabuild? Wondered what peoples experiences were vs using...
TCS
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10 Years Ago
That's very interesting what you're saying Ian Mantula, and the rest of the members all basically...
TURK
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10 Years Ago
Why are you not filling the low spots with body filler?
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]Hanaldo (12/11/2015)[/b][hr]Why are you not filling the low spots with body...
TURK
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10 Years Ago
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