Colored stain for JAE outriggers?

[Tim Strange]

Been thinking about everyone wanting to save weight on their JAE's. I'm amazed how much weight paint can add to them!

Anyone try to use those colored stains and then seal with epoxy? Would it work?

 

[Ray Sametz]

Why not, be very carefull when you build, don't get epoxy on the outside and use an alcohol based color stain. Seal with epoxy or clear coat.

 

[HOTWATER]

Yup! A semi transparent stain would work great! You can get all kinds of colors too!

-Kent

 

[Chris Wood]

larry conrad did that to one of his hydros.. it looks cool but when it is sitting in the water it is hard to see

chris

 

[HOTWATER]

Yeah, I guess that would be the drawback on doing that. Most of my boats are white just for that reason...

-Kent

 

[TCHedOff]

Tim,

My JAE .12 is tri colored (red/black/yellow) and all the colors are are from alchohol based stains, then sealed w/epoxy (no clear coat). Seems to work fine as far as being fuel proof. I will warn you that when you are applying epoxy, the stains will release and when you remove the excess epoxy you can accidentally get one color moved over the other colors.... so you have to be careful (or stick to just one color). Larry Conrad actually mixed the pigment in with his clear coat and sprayed on - slick trick and it looked awesome.

 

[Ted buckley]

Been thinking about everyone wanting to save weight on their JAE's. I'm amazed how much weight paint can add to them!

Anyone try to use those colored stains and then seal with epoxy? Would it work?

Tim, I used a Dark Rosed-colored stain on my .21 & .12 jae. Just make sure that after you stain- to take off the residue b4 the Epoxy coat, or in my case Polyester Resin.

Works great standing up against the Nitro-fuel and clean's up well. I also put a clear-caot over that - but you don't have to. Chris is right about hard to see the boats that are stained. Go ahead and stain the boat - but paint the Sponsons White. It sticks-out like a sore thumb on the water, for when your just sitting there.

Here's a pic of mine.

 

[Ted buckley]

Been thinking about everyone wanting to save weight on their JAE's. I'm amazed how much weight paint can add to them!

Anyone try to use those colored stains and then seal with epoxy? Would it work?

Tim, I used a Dark Rosed-colored stain on my .21 & .12 jae. Just make sure that after you stain- to take off the residue b4 the Epoxy coat, or in my case Polyester Resin.

Works great standing up against the Nitro-fuel and clean's up well. I also put a clear-caot over that - but you don't have to. Chris is right about hard to see the boats that are stained. Go ahead and stain the boat - but paint the Sponsons White. It sticks-out like a sore thumb on the water, for when your just sitting there.

Here's a pic of mine.

 

[misshydro]

Been thinking about everyone wanting to save weight on their JAE's. I'm amazed how much weight paint can add to them!

Anyone try to use those colored stains and then seal with epoxy? Would it work?

Tim, I used a Dark Rosed-colored stain on my .21 & .12 jae. Just make sure that after you stain- to take off the residue b4 the Epoxy coat, or in my case Polyester Resin.

Works great standing up against the Nitro-fuel and clean's up well. I also put a clear-caot over that - but you don't have to. Chris is right about hard to see the boats that are stained. Go ahead and stain the boat - but paint the Sponsons White. It sticks-out like a sore thumb on the water, for when your just sitting there.

Here's a pic of mine.

you could use a airbrush to paint your rigger? puts a more finer mist compared to conventual spray guns. puts the paint on finer=less weight added on your rigger. My hubby is building the light weight version of the.12.

 

[LarryConrad]

Tim,

My JAE .12 is tri colored (red/black/yellow) and all the colors are are from alchohol based stains, then sealed w/epoxy (no clear coat). Seems to work fine as far as being fuel proof. I will warn you that when you are applying epoxy, the stains will release and when you remove the excess epoxy you can accidentally get one color moved over the other colors.... so you have to be careful (or stick to just one color). Larry Conrad actually mixed the pigment in with his clear coat and sprayed on - slick trick and it looked awesome.

I actually used House of Kolor Kandy. Tangerine Kandy on a Woodstuff tunnel I used to have, and Apple Red on a Tuttle Sport 20 thats still in the fleet. I cant seem to find any pics of the Tuttle, and my digital camera gave up the ghost , but here are a few of the tunnel.