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Old 03-23-2008 | 12:25 PM
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Ed Smith
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Default RE: Covering a Spitfire, Help needed
The picture shows a 1/4 scale Cosmic Wind Pylon racer. It is painted with latex and an automotive clearcoat for fuel proofing. You can bet your life that before I did that paint job I checked out fuel proof paints by painting test samples..

For glow fuel, latex is not fuel proof.

I do not care what anybody tries to tell me. Water based polyurethane clear or paint IS NOT FUEL PROOF. Some use the term "Fuel resistant" I do not want to hear that. I want to hear "FUEL PROOF"

Hence the automotive clear on my Cosmic Wind.

Ed S

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