Tom Cotten

[Chris Haynes]

Tom. I found this very old can of Hot Fuel Proof Dope. It is clear. I was wondering if I could paint a carburetor body with high heat paint then put this over it to protect from gasoline?

[T. Cotten]

You can try, Chris!

I had failures with Aerogloss and some other model paints.
Sorry I forgot who tipped me off to https://sigmfg.com/IndexCatalog0809.html, but it has survived my immersion tests, and my choice for semi-gloss black. (Sadly, they do not offer Olive Drab. I already have a fuel-proof "aluminum".)

It could be more durable in other ways.
And I find I cannot apply it in bad weather.

I hate paint.

....Cotten

[Chris Haynes]

[T. Cotten]

Beautiful can, Chris!

Is it yours, or an internet image 'snag'?

....Cotten
PS: "Hobby Models" was a successfull Peoria craft shop, and even pioneered local television promotions.

[Chris Haynes]

I simply stopped at a model Shop that had been in business since 1946 and asked for it. He said he only had one can of clear left and no other colors. So I snagged it.

[Jim]

I remember using that stuff on my balsa planes... I had no idea that it isn't available anymore. I guess I am showing my age a bit.

[T. Cotten]

The rumor I heard, Jim,..

Its the balsa that's been disappearing,.. into windmills.

Just a rumor, but it made me stock up on (ugh) paint before the craft industries that depend upon balsa suffer.

...Cotten
PS: It wasn't on the internet. So I believe it.

PPS: I would have snagged it in a heartbeat, too, Chris!
But only if it were at Midwest pricing...
You know how farmers are.

[larry]

Is SIG jet black the right product?

[T. Cotten]

Is SIG jet black the right product?

Its what I have been using, Larry!

That doesn't mean there isn't something better out there.

Or that ever-changing fuels may eat it someday.

Applying it is a learning curve I still haven't mastered.

....Cotten

[larry]

Thanks, I'll try it.

[T. Cotten]

Thanks, I'll try it.

Better order the retarder, too, Larry!

But even that doesn't help this time of year.

Just another reason to hate paint.

....Cotten

[droptopford]

I remember using that stuff on my balsa planes... I had no idea that it isn't available anymore. I guess I am showing my age a bit.

Yeah, I know I'm replying to a two year old thread, but... I had no idea that stuff wasn't available anymore either. Too hazardous for today's kids and the environment I suppose. Amazing we survived.

[T. Cotten]

An update on the 'windmill', thing, Folks,...

I read that recycling wind turbine blades is actually a problem, so they ain't balsa.

It wont be the last time I'm wrong,

....Cotten

[pisten-bully]

I read that recycling wind turbine blades is actually a problem, so they ain't balsa.

...that would be A LOT of balsa wood!

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[T. Cotten]

I was wrong again already, Folks!

Wikipedia sez "Balsa wood is often used as a core material in composites; for example, the blades of many wind turbines are partly of balsa."

The rest is apparently 'fiberglass and resin', which as every bondomeister knows, is pretty heavy.

Although I hate paint, I learned moderate control of my airbrush (for carbs anyway..). What I cannot control is Illinois weather, which can blush the butyrate even on a beautiful day.

.....Cotten
PS: I had to put a heating pad under the shop keyboard before it would connect with the cpu this morning, just like last year.

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