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I was able to match the Circus Pink Monokote with a high gloss latex / enamel paint from Lowes. I will be painting the cowl and wheel pants of an Extra 300. I also picked up a clear coat of urethane (not sure of the interaction). Does anyone have experience with what worked / didn't work regarding this topic?

Thanks,

Word of advice from recent fun-fly, when low and inverted, push forward!

Campy

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One of the nice things about latex is that you can use anything over it without compatibility problems.

The latex you used will need to "cure" about 3 weeks before clear coating. Flat latex takes about 7 - 10 days to cure, semi-gloss and gloss take about 21 days to cure.

Press your finger FIRMLY on a hard spot. If a fingerprint remains, the paint is not cured yet (Don't worry, the fingerprint will disappear in a couple of days ).

Oil base urethane is going to yellow on you in about 6 - 8 months. Water base urethane will not yellow, HOWEVER, it is fuel RESISTANT WITH THE FOLLOWING CAVEATS:

1. Do not expose the clear coat to fuel residue for a minimum of 7 days.
2. Do not let the fuel residue remain on the plane for over 4 hours. After 4 hours the residue will soften the finish. (This is using MinWax PolyCrylic [ Blue label ] )

For a fuel PROOF clear coating, use Ultracote clear of Lustercrap clear.

I have done some experimenting with ACRYLIC clear enamels and have had some excellent results with "Dupli-Color Clear Acrylic Enamel" (many automotive parts places). My experience has been that 2 thin - medium coats spaced about 4 - 5 days apart is fuel proof using 10% nitro. It may be good for higher, but all I use is 10%.

Hope this helps.

3dd

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i have used the same stuff as campy,he has it down also so listen to him.i used 60-40 thining with water and a cap full of flowtrol in my paint and it sprayed very fine and shiny,good luck it will work

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Thanks all, I will try this method. I just noticed that my avitar is also a pink extra 300 from a few year ago. Wow, that scarey.