Re: silvered dope


True enough, but it depends on the mechanic's location. Here in
Miss., sometimes you can't wait weeks or maybe months for the humidity
to get 'just right', so you make it the best you can.


On Jun 29, 8:52 am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota <stauf...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Jun 29, 4:44 am, frank <famvb...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If this shows up twice, my apologies as my response last night
isn't here. Anyway, any silver/aluminum shade should do, as all silver
dope is is clear dope with aluminum powder mixed with it for
protecting the fabric from the sun. It generally dries with a dull
finish. Humidity also seriously effects its drying characteristics.

On Jun 28, 6:36 pm, some...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

i seem to remember that the spirit of st louis is a silvered
colored dope. does anyone make that color?

Aircraft mechanics are warned and taught about blushing (the whitening
and roughness of dope painted in high humidity). So a professionally
painted aircraft should not suffer from it (they don't paint on a
humid day), though I have seen some blush areas on home painted
aircraft. For SOSL, I'd say a semi-gloss would be appropriate.


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