{"id":1388,"date":"2018-10-26T23:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2018-10-28T20:43:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T10:43:10","slug":"apply-a-clear-coat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2018\/10\/26\/apply-a-clear-coat\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply a Clear Coat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The finish of the Epoxy on the CF air-frame wasn’t staying shiny\/beautiful. Also there were a few imperfections that I wasn’t happy with. So I decided the best course of action was to apply a clear coat. I could then sand to 2000 Grit and polish it to perfection.<\/p>\n

The Paint<\/h2>\n

I used Acrylic clear coat from AutoBarn – a large can.<\/p>\n

\"ClearCoat<\/a>
ClearCoat paint used.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Test Run<\/h2>\n

I first did a test run on a piece of tube because I didn’t want to assume it would just work.<\/p>\n

To my shock after a few coats of clear coat it looked terrible and I thought that I would have to forget applying a clearcoat until I found out what was a happening. I thought it was perhaps due to humidity, but I was advised by a friend that you might have problems with rain, but humidity should not cause what I was seeing.
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So I decided to sand it from 1500, then 2000 and finally 3000 before polishing.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The test tube comes up looking really good after sanding 1500,2000,3000 and then polishing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thank heavens!<\/p>\n

The Real Run<\/h2>\n

I then proceed to apply clear coat to the rocket. I applied 4 coats. Below are some photos I took.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>
First coat of clear done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rocket<\/a>
Rocket after several coats – starting to lose the gloss look…for now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Here is photo of it looking splendid at a presentation of my rockets.<\/p>\n

\"Rocket<\/a>
Rocket after sanding and polishing. Looking Splendid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The finish of the Epoxy on the CF air-frame wasn’t staying shiny\/beautiful. Also there were a few imperfections that I wasn’t happy with. So I decided the best course of action was to apply a clear coat. I could then sand to 2000 Grit and polish it to perfection. The Paint I used Acrylic clear … Continue reading Apply a Clear Coat<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,18,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}