Hi Martin.. I paint mine with resin. You can add colouring to the resin.
Sky blue, or light grey seems to merge into the background fairly well.
I'd wait until the spreaders get a little "furry" with age before
painting them. A slightly rough surface gives a nice key for the resin.
Vy 73
John EI7BA
On 06/12/2010 00:50, Martin Sole wrote:
> Hi,
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> I need to coat the spreader arms of my quad. Options for coverings are
> limited to what I can source here in Thailand. I can buy polyurethane finish
> but even the exterior grade ones I have seen are marked for wood and I'm not
> sure if direct application to fibreglass would be appropriate. I am not
> averse to coloured spreaders so would paint them if that would be a better
> alternative. Should I then choose enamel, acrylic or some other type of
> paint?
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> Particular brand or trade names are not much help as they are either not
> available here or have different names! What about a coating of fibreglass
> resin?
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> Would a better option be to wrap the spreaders in pvc tape or heatshrink
> tubing?
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> Ideas?
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> Thanks,
>
> Martin, HS0ZED
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