Look what flew into a newly sprayed body tube.
Look close and you can make out the path the bug walked before getting stuck in the drying paint.
Good thing this is not a final coat. This white undercoat will be wet sanded and no one will ever know the bug was there.
It wouldn't be a Florida rocket without at least one set of bug prints on it.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind/brand of paint/primer do you use on your rockets?
ReplyDeleteHi J,
ReplyDeleteAfter trying too many different primers, I've been using the Duplicolor Primer/Filler available at auto supply stores.
It lays down a heavy coat and sands pretty easily.
The Rustoleum primers are hard to sand. It's like rubber!
I fill the tube seams with thinned CWF and sand to surface.
It usually only takes one heavier coat of the Filler/Primer then sanding to fill any remaining tube seam.
The cheaper primers require more coats and more sanding.
Chris,
ReplyDeleteI had a fly and spider webbing caught in my paint as seen here: http://www.rocketreviews.com/flutter-by-caught.html.
For this build I'm happy to let it be ( the paint could have been applied better), but what about on a prized build, like a Snooper, Vega or Mars Lander?
The unseen fly legs in paint is worse. If this happened to you what would be the process to correct?
I did see the picture on RocketReviews.com.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably leave the webbing on the model and see if it survives a flight or two.
On my model, I just sanded off the legs and the "path". Another shot of paint and there's no evidence it happened.