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Painting, Registration

Friday 19th July 2019

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Music: Gerry Cinnamon

Applying the registration marks looks to be quite simple but like so many of the jobs I’ve done during this project it’s something I’ve not done before so it needs a bit of thinking about before I attempt it. I’ve watched a couple of Youtube videos that has helped.

The registration has been cut and is already spaced but Ian noticed that the hyphen spacing was much bigger than it needed to be so I needed to re-space the G, -, and M which will make it a little more difficult.

One of the first things that needs to be done is to polish the surface and degrease it will Panel wipe. During the polishing I found a number of flaws with the paint. Noticeably runs, areas where the paint is quite thin, a slight wobble in the paint line and some orange peeling. There’s not a lot of it but it’s a bit disappointing when you pay so much for a ‘professional’.
After the polishing and degreasing the surface the registration is laid out on the wing, aligned and taped down.
The paper is lifted to reveal the registration and the backing paper is cut away. It’s then laid back on the wing and…
… pressed down. I used a plastic card to press the letters into place and remove any air bubbles.
Once the adhesive has been given a bit of time to set the top backing paper is carefully removed.
Now the MLSY part has been done I need to re-space the Hyphen and the G to eliminate the extra space.
Job done. It looks quite good. What you can’t see from this picture is that there are air bubbles around each of the rivets so I’ll need to deal with them at a later date. Now I can refit the wings for the final time, I hope!