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rocketbob(at)gmail.com
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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: Interior Painting - Powercoating? When? |
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Matt, I have a friend that had his instrument panel powdercoated in his RV-6, thinking it would hold up better than paint He left the airplane outside on a trip and it rained heavily, and some rain droplets made it onto the panel. The panel has some permanent water stains on it now, apparently whatever powdercoat was used was not impervious to water.
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Bob Japundza
RV-6 flying F1 under const.
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle(at)matronics.com (dralle(at)matronics.com)> wrote:
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Fellow RV-er's,
There is a powercoating shop here in my town that has an oven large enough to put my whole RV-8 fuselage into it. I've been considering just having the whole inside powercoated for the durability, and sweet look. Lots of guys powercoat the instrument panel and obviously most of the steel parts come from Van's powercoated. But what are the upsides and downsides of powercoating all of the interior parts. I've used Variprime on most of the backsides of the interior parts, but I've left the occupant facing parts bare in prep for the powercoating. Will the powercoat chip off easily on the bend-y pieces?
And when's the right time to take it down to the powercoaters? I would like to have most things riveted that need riveting before the coating like the forward deck over the instrument panel and the aft turtledeck, but these get riveted on pretty late in the building process. I would like to have all of the wiring and controls installed or at least fabbed and trial fitted before coating to avoid scratches. But again, once things are wired, is coating going to make a mess? Its not like the harnesses can really be removed once their installed...
The other concern is the heat necessary to bake on the powercoating. I think its upwards of 450 degrees F. What impact will that temperature have on the various parts that go into the fuselage such as the aeronuts, plastic bushings, clamps, etc?
I'm in quite a dilemma over this. I really want to wait as long as possible to avoid scratches and chips in the powercoating, but I don't want to wait too long and not be able to disassemble things to the point of making a good looking job. For example, the rear floor boards should probably be riveted down, but any screwed in panels should be removed. But riveting the floorboards is something I'd probably prefer to do the day before test flying...
Thanks for any insight...
Matt Dralle
RV-8 # 82880
Trutrak Auto Pilot Servo and Aileron Electric Trim Install
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doug.medema(at)comcast.ne
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:53 am Post subject: Interior Painting - Powercoating? When? |
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One thing no one has mentioned is the question of what is your interior going to be?
I painted the whole interior on my -6A, and later decided to go with an interior
package from Flightline Interiors. This includes fabric to cover most of the interior
walls. It really makes for a much nicer look than just paint, and at very little
extra weight.
If I had planned on this from the start, I would have minimized the painting in
my interior to just a primer. The fabric will cover up any scratches that happen
during building and provides a more durable surface in the finished plane.
Something to think about.
Doug
RV-6A N276DM
http://home.comcast.net/~doug.medema/
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sreynard
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Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:50 am Post subject: Interior Painting - Powercoating? When? |
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Hi Doug,
Could you put a couple of interior shots on your web site to show how it came out?
Not that I have to worry about it for a long time. . . . 
Steve
RV-7A, Empennage
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Doug Medema <doug.medema(at)comcast.net (doug.medema(at)comcast.net)> wrote:
[quote] One thing no one has mentioned is the question of what is your interior going to be?
I painted the whole interior on my -6A, and later decided to go with an interior
package from Flightline Interiors. This includes fabric to cover most of the interior
walls. It really makes for a much nicer look than just paint, and at very little
extra weight.
If I had planned on this from the start, I would have minimized the painting in
my interior to just a primer. The fabric will cover up any scratches that happen
during building and provides a more durable surface in the finished plane.
Something to think about.
Doug
RV-6A N276DM
http://home.comcast.net/~doug.medema/
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Matt Dralle
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Location: Livermore CA USA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: Interior Painting - Powercoating? When? |
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Fabric or leather interior is certainly a nicer option than painting. But it seems like it would be *a lot* heavier than paint. Does anyone make an interior kit for the RV-8? I've seen them for the RV-6/7. I'm getting my seats from Classic Aero Designs in leather (which are beautiful, btw), but they don't seem to offer a interior package per say.
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N844RV (res)
At 08:49 AM 10/22/2008 Wednesday, you wrote:
| Quote: | One thing no one has mentioned is the question of what is your interior going to be?
I painted the whole interior on my -6A, and later decided to go with an interior
package from Flightline Interiors. This includes fabric to cover most of the interior
walls. It really makes for a much nicer look than just paint, and at very little
extra weight.
If I had planned on this from the start, I would have minimized the painting in
my interior to just a primer. The fabric will cover up any scratches that happen
during building and provides a more durable surface in the finished plane.
Something to think about.
Doug
RV-6A N276DM
<http://home.comcast.net/~doug.medema/>http://home.comcast.net/~doug.medema/
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