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Originally Posted by rsrguy
A buddy is importing this 18 from Canada. Its a ceconite dope cover job done about 10 or 15 years ago. The PO used rollers and brushes so the surface has lots of..... "character". The new custodian spent about a week wet sanding before he said enough, the most important thing is we removed and sanded the edges of the painted on canook reg numbers. Today we prepped and shot it with ranthane which is the approved urethane for use over buterate dope. It won't be perfect but it's a huge improvement.... still has some patina. Stripes next week.
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I love your airplane posts, and your paint posts. (My dad owned a 1940-something TeeCraft, and later in life he built a SkyRaider ultralight). I always wished for a shop big enough to paint a car. Or a plane.
Is weight a consideration on a bird like this?