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fastpilotrv8
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 Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: Panel Face Overlay, Paint or Powder Coating? |
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On my quest for my rebuild of my RV8a panel to all electric plane (OP Technologies) I have another question. Although I have seen thousands of RV, I have not studied the finished panel face. I had a back-engraved overlay on my old panel. I am looking for something that is simpler and can be changed easily.
Are builders just painting or using powder coating or another alternative ?
Then what are builders using to lettering?
How do you hide the screws for the avionics stack (I don't want to rivet one section)?
Looking for some great ideas and some failures and any input would be greatly appreciated
Dane
N838RVRV8a
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Ed Anderson
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:07 am Post subject: Panel Face Overlay, Paint or Powder Coating? |
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Dane, I used power coating back in 1997 and have been very please by its resistance to scratches and color fade. However, if you do powered coast be advised the thickness of the coating can "narrow" the diameter of your instrument cut outs. If I were to power coast again, I would enlarge the diameter of the cut-out holes by 1/32". You can file/scrape out the powder coat inside the holes, but best to avoid it if possible.
Ed
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Ed Anderson
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: Panel Face Overlay, Paint or Powder Coating? |
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Errr, need to pay more attention to the choice of words offered by my spell checker{:<(. Regard all words of "power" in below message as "powder."
Ed
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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: Panel Face Overlay, Paint or Powder Coating? |
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I painted my panel with Imron, installed all the stuff and then took the whole thing down to the local trophy/ engraver. Sat down with her and she build all my labels. She gave me a bill for 70 bucks,I gave her a 40 dollar tip and both she and I were VERY happy.. There are a few pics of my panel on my website.
do not archive
Ben
www.haaspowerair.com
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On my quest for my rebuild of my RV8a panel to all electric plane (OP Technologies) I have another question. Although I have seen thousands of RV, I have not studied the finished panel face. I had a back-engraved overlay on my old panel. I am looking for something that is simpler and can be changed easily.
Are builders just painting or using powder coating or another alternative ?
Then what are builders using to lettering?
How do you hide the screws for the avionics stack (I don't want to rivet one section)?
Looking for some great ideas and some failures and any input would be greatly appreciated
Dane
N838RVRV8a
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