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RythmSekshun · 01-10-2005, 10:29 PM

...successfully?

I want to paint my vertical 3d fin. Can I just roughen it up a bit, prime it, and then paint it like anything else?

Or do I need to go throught some insane process of preperation?

Thanks

ChrisLaFollette · 01-11-2005, 01:42 AM

Hmm I was thinking about just that today when looking at mine. I bet if you roughened it up a bit then shot it, it should turn out alright!

sdixon747 · 01-11-2005, 03:45 AM

I painted the fins on my Fury and they turned out fine. Just wet sand with some 320 then 400 sandpaper, prime then paint.

Steve

ThBrtmn · 01-11-2005, 07:59 AM

It can be done...I have seen some of the Canopy painters do matching fins...I just dont know of the proper procedure.

Heli_jack · 01-11-2005, 08:17 AM

no sweat, treat it like fiberglass

megarckid · 01-11-2005, 09:51 PM

be sure to claen it real good with acetone or alcohol if you have had them on your heli they will soak up some fuel in the fibers

Mike Fortin · 01-13-2005, 03:20 PM

I might as well give this a shot as well!

01-10-2005, 10:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
RythmSekshun Registered Users Join Date: May 2004	Can you paint carbon fiber... ...successfully? I want to paint my vertical 3d fin. Can I just roughen it up a bit, prime it, and then paint it like anything else? Or do I need to go throught some insane process of preperation? Thanks

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ThBrtmn Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2004	It can be done...I have seen some of the Canopy painters do matching fins...I just dont know of the proper procedure. __________________ "FREAK" Out ~Bart~

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01-11-2005, 01:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
ChrisLaFollette Join Date: Apr 2004	Hmm I was thinking about just that today when looking at mine. I bet if you roughened it up a bit then shot it, it should turn out alright!

01-11-2005, 03:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
sdixon747 Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2004	I painted the fins on my Fury and they turned out fine. Just wet sand with some 320 then 400 sandpaper, prime then paint. Steve

01-11-2005, 08:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Heli_jack Join Date: May 2004	no sweat, treat it like fiberglass

01-13-2005, 03:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mike Fortin My HF Map location Join Date: Apr 2004	I might as well give this a shot as well!

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