swampyankee

The plane, a Meiser Zero, the plane's section, the flaps, the problem, what is the best method to paint the interior of the flaps. I haven't yet got around to building the flaps yet, but there will be quite a bit of tight spaces once I have put them together. How would you approach painting the inside of the flaps? What paint system would you use, what prep. is required, how much sanding in these little spaces is needed (I emphasize the small space on purpose) , and remember paint flow when making your dissertation, again small ribs, small flat areas, and fat clumsy fingers.
TIA.

Charlie P.

Obviously, paint them before asssembling them. 

I defer to painters for the rest.

swampyankee

In my experiance painting anything before assembly is a no no, glue doesn't adhere to painted surfaces. Especially wood glue and wood surfaces. But the question I'll raise is, does glue adhere to sealers? And if so, what kind?

jaka

Hi!
Easiest is to prep and paint before you mount the flaps.
You don't have to glue anything except the hinges.

swampyankee

Thanks Jaka, but what I'm asking is how/what do you use to prep and paint? If each individual rib is prepped and painted before mounting on the flap itself what materials are you using. If I paint the flap and ribs as seperately, then glue the rib to the flap, it isn't going to be wood to wood attachment, it'll be paint to paint attachment which won't hold.
I'm wondering if there is a sealer that won't block the adhersion of the glue to the wooden components. Then I can seal each individual piece before I glue the unit together and then paint the flaps as a whole. But is there a sealer that will allow a good bound?

I thought of putting the flaps together then trying to glass the unit, but I can see problems with that when trying to lay the glass into the 90 degree angles formed by the intersections of the ribs with the flap itself. And the Zero flap is more complicated than just ribs, there's a box type structure at the front.

swampyankee

I forgot to mention, these flaps will have to be scratch built, so every piece cut seperately and built up.