Painting Aircraft Fabric

[gkiwada]

We used aircraft fabric (Poly fiber) on some of our car this year and are now trying to paint it.

I bought some Aero-thane, because we wanted a high-gloss paint, but our school won't let us use it do to the chemicals it contains.

I was wondering what additives there are to make automotive paint more flexible, or if there are some other high-gloss paint options.

Thanks
George Kiwada

[gkiwada]

We used aircraft fabric (Poly fiber) on some of our car this year and are now trying to paint it.

I bought some Aero-thane, because we wanted a high-gloss paint, but our school won't let us use it do to the chemicals it contains.

I was wondering what additives there are to make automotive paint more flexible, or if there are some other high-gloss paint options.

Thanks
George Kiwada

[Jay Fleming]

When using automotive paint, the base color itself doesn't need a flex additive as far as I know, but if you plan on using clear coat, you will need to mix it into the clear before you spray it. I don't know the exact name of it, but if you go to a auto paint store and ask for the flex additive for whatever brand you are using, they should be able to get you what you need.

[Travis R]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by gkiwada:
... but our school won't let us use it do to the chemicals it contains. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's what you get for letting them know. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Moke]

Pour the Aero-thane into another empty paint tin (try to get the same colour) and pretend it's not Aero-thane.