{"id":3780,"date":"2018-07-10T19:51:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T23:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2018-08-21T20:02:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T00:02:40","slug":"almost-finished-with-the-cowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=3780","title":{"rendered":"Almost finished with the cowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t plan on painting the RV for awhile, so I called Jonathan McCormick at Evoke Aviation &#8211; our painter of choice &#8211; and asked for his recommendation about how to protect the cowl &#8217;til time for paint. His recommendation was K36 high-build epoxy primer&#8230;so that&#8217;s what we used.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?attachment_id=3784\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3784\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.03.23-e1534895630206-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The K36'd cowl\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.03.23-e1534895630206-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.03.23-e1534895630206-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The oil filler door looks good, although I&#8217;ll likely end up sanding down the sides a little to increase the gap for painting later on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?attachment_id=3782\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3782\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3782\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.01.54-e1534895668264-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The oil filler door\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.01.54-e1534895668264-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.01.54-e1534895668264-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>And the cowl pin covers look great&#8230;couldn&#8217;t be happier with how they came out. They were worth all the work!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?attachment_id=3783\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3783\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.02.10-e1534895652163-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The jeweled cowl pin\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.02.10-e1534895652163-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-07-10-21.02.10-e1534895652163-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>I disassembled the cowl and laid down some heat-reflective adhesive aluminum to help protect against hot spots from the engine. \u00a0Sorry, no pictures of that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t plan on painting the RV for awhile, so I called Jonathan McCormick at Evoke Aviation &#8211; our painter of choice &#8211; and asked for his recommendation about how to protect the cowl &#8217;til time for paint. 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