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Fuel Proof - 7/9/2008 12:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Will someone please give me a good method for fuel proofing the engine box and firewall that looks nice and clean. I don't want to paint it but thought about just spraying it with clear.

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RE: Fuel Proof - 7/9/2008 3:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here's the best I've found. Brush it on, 2 coat's. Looks real nice, seals very well. its very light, and for 8 bucks you'll get a guart that will do more plane's than you got time left on the planet to build.
MINWAX Fast Drying Polyurethane. I get it at Ace Hardware...

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RE: Fuel Proof - 7/9/2008 7:41 AM   
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Here's the best I've found. Brush it on, 2 coat's. Looks real nice, seals very well. its very light, and for 8 bucks you'll get a guart that will do more plane's than you got time left on the planet to build.
MINWAX Fast Drying Polyurethane. I get it at Ace Hardware...

Thanks Walt,

Ace is 3 blocks down the street.

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RE: Fuel Proof - 7/9/2008 8:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ultracote/monokote. It's llight, cheap and work great.

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RE: Fuel Proof - 7/17/2008 8:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like the Minwax polyurethane too.
I've also used Zpoxy finishing resing, thinned with rubbing alcohol...but I like the Minwax better.

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RE: Fuel Proof - 7/18/2008 6:09 AM   
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Ultracote/monokote. It's llight, cheap and work great.

After this project I have decided no more Ultracote. Sure it is forgiving, but the finish and durability compared to Monokote is lousy. My 17 year old Cub covered in Mono looks better than my current unfinished project in Ultracote.

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RE: Fuel Proof - 7/24/2008 7:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		If it's been a few years since you used Monokote you will be very disappointed with it. Especially the black. It's pretty much unusable.
Of course, I quit Monokote a few years ago because of this, perhaps they fixed the problems since I've switched over to Ultracote.

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RE: Fuel Proof - 7/25/2008 4:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		I mix clearcoat at about 1 to 1 and brush it on after I'm done covering. I make sure to go over the monokote "overlap" this ensures that the oil will not get under the covering. I do however like walt's idea and will try it on my next project.


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RE: Fuel Proof - 8/6/2008 5:50 PM   
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RE: Fuel Proof - 8/11/2008 12:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Just cover it.....

However, polyurethane also works well.

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RE: Fuel Proof - 9/1/2008 7:27 AM   
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Here's the best I've found. Brush it on, 2 coat's. Looks real nice, seals very well. its very light, and for 8 bucks you'll get a guart that will do more plane's than you got time left on the planet to build.
MINWAX Fast Drying Polyurethane. I get it at Ace Hardware...



This stuff is fuelproof?

I presume the spray can would work too?

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