a.s.elliott(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: Painting the firewall |
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Met Gus from FlywithGus.com Saturday afternoon at Silver Sky Aviation in Chandler, AZ, where he is doing a Corvair installation for one of Silver Sky's customers. I noticed that the firewall looked especially nice, having a uniform satin aluminum-like color, instead of the unaesthetic galvanized finish. Asked, and was told that he cleaned and primed the firewall with self-etching primer and then shot it with aluminum-color engine paint.
Banging myself on the noggin for not thinking of that one myself, I went home did the same! I used Duplicolor 1200° High-Heat paint with ceramic, because I happened to have a 1/2-used can on the shelf. Total effort about 1/2 hour for removing a few things from the firewall and masking, then another 15 minutes (not counting drying time) for the coats of primer and paint.
Voila! Now I also have a pretty satin aluminum finish on my firewall! And maybe even some insulation value due to the ceramic in the paint. Thanks, Gus!
Andy Elliott, Mesa, AZ
N601GE (reserved)
601XL/TD, Corvair, building...
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