ORIGINAL: rcpattern
Check out
www.customairframes.com and go to the support forum there. Mike Hester is doing a great forum on his site for glassing and painting. The glassing part wont apply to everyone, but the painting will. Here is a picture of the VF3 he painted for me this summer. The paint quality is AMAZING! The guy knows his stuff.
Just went to Mike Hesters web site, and came across this.
''if there is one area that screws people up on the quality of thier finish, it has to be the reducer. You know those recommendations for the paint mixture? Follow them to the letter for the paint and activator. DOUBLE the amount of reducer they call for. Remember these formulations are meant for CARS, not small weight critical planes. Thier primary concern is a deep, wet looking finish...not weight.''
DANG!!!
Wish I had read that first.
I would also like to say that I have found other painting tips on the web, but Mikes is by far the most clearly written I have found.