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C-170A
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- Friday, 02 December 2011 05:47
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7ECAdriver and 94 others have joined the group Cessna 170
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Dizzle created a new forum topic Wrote a book. Want BCP members to have a crack at it.Well after a much longer than anticipated time, my very first book is available on Amazon.com! The story is about a retired airline pilot and his adventures flying his Husky with his Border Collie, Bella....2015-05-24 14:06:11 -
Robw56
I want to start stripping the extremely weathered paint off my 170, and hoped to pick your brain if I could. What kind of stripper did you find worked the best for your project and what were the best methods for taking the old paint off?2015-02-16 03:11:47
robw56 Sorry, I just saw your message about paint stripper. I used some stuff made by Klean Strip called Aircraft Paint Stripper. You can get it in 1 gallon cans. Some auto parts stores carry it. I bought mine from an auto paint supply store. The best method I found was to brush the stripper on to small sections a couple square feet at a time and let it sit for about 5 minutes. You can brush on another section while you wait for the paint to start bubbling up on the first section you did. I always tried to have a section with stripper sitting on it while i was scrubbing another section clean. The whole process will go faster if you work this way. Use a small nylon brush to scrub the paint off. You may need to do a second light coat to get everything. After all the paint is removed from one section wipe it clean with a paper towel soaked in mineral spirits. Don't let the stripper dry on or it will be a pain in the ass to remove... you will have to re-apply more stripper to get things softened up again. I wouldn't use any scotch bright on the outside of the plane if you want to keep it bare alluminum/polished... the scotchbrite will scratch up the surface too much. I did use scotch bright on the inside of the plane though since I was painting the interior. MEK and scotchbrite works well for cleaning up the inside of the plane. Depending on where you live you might not be able to buy MEK. I live in CA and had to use acetone instead witch still works but probably requres a little more elbow grease. Be prepared for it to take a lot longer than you thought and use u more stripper than you thought. If you have any other questions just ask. Have fun!11 years ago -
Dizzle created a new forum topic Trip Report: Cedar MillsLast weekend both the weather and work managed to align and bless me with a beautiful, work free weekend. My wife and I decided to do a day trip to Cedar Mills, 3T0 near Gordonville, TX. We had such a...2015-01-24 23:03:07
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Dizzle created a new forum topic New Move, New(ish) Airplane!For the last 3 and half years my family and I have been living in Okinawa Japan. I always loved keeping in touch with what was happening on backcountrypilot.org. I would comment when I could by mostly...2014-09-16 15:31:09
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Dizzle created a new forum topic Philippine Disaster ReliefI thought some might be interested in seeing some of the devastation that took place in the Philippines untouched by the media's hands. Immediately after the Typhoon moved through, my unit was sent to...2014-01-05 03:21:10
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Dizzle replied in forum topic Montana - the family trip of many firsts.Awesome pics! Makes me miss those great Rocky Mountains! Can't wait to see more.2013-10-18 11:13:05
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Dizzle replied in forum topic Air to air frequency 122.75Besides, airliners go by their flight numbers (TWA 800, etc) instead of N numbers I believe, the police rotors go by call sign ( "Police 4"), and the TV news rotors go by local TV station numbers ("TV...2013-07-11 11:41:21
