Painting the new FV body

by | Feb 28, 2015 | Formula Vee | 0 comments

Trimming the nose cone around the beam. The beam is now one inch farther forward than before
More trimming
Fitting the bottom of the nose to the upper part
Gluing the bottom of the nose to the top part with eposy thickened with filleting silica
I use epoxy and more carbon fiber to attach the joint plate to the body. The plate will hold the springs for the Dzus fasteners that I will install in the nose
I lay another coat of resin on the new body so I can sand it smooth
Fitted to the FV
Looks better than it used to
Sister katwoman specified Sherwin Williams Candy Apple Laser Red
First urethane primer and fill all the pinholes
The the special silver basecoat Kathy specified to really make the cany aple red pop in the sun
First coats of red midcoat looks pink
I had to get another quart of laser red to get the color fully developed
With two quarts of red basecoat mixed with 2 quarts of reducer/catalyst - that's four full quarts of midcoat alone to get the deep candy apple red.
Then a full quart (four coats) of clear over the red midcoat
With a qurat of urethane, half a quart of base silver, four quarts of laser red and a quart and a half of clear, I have about $550 in paint alone on this body.
Looks good, can't wait to get it in the sun!
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