Airframe : paint & finish
Aircraft Painting 101 is an excellent 2 hour video in which Sam James takes you, in detail, through the finishing, priming, and painting of his RV-4 with the Dupont Veriprime and Chromabase systems.
This video is not as finely produced as some others, but the vast quantity of practical information it contains more than makes up for it. In it Sam James takes you through the complete process of working an metal wing, a fiberglass wheel pant, and detailed custom design on a horizontal stabilizer.
By the producer of Fiberglass 101.
This video is not as finely produced as some others, but the vast quantity of practical information it contains more than makes up for it. In it Sam James takes you through the complete process of working an metal wing, a fiberglass wheel pant, and detailed custom design on a horizontal stabilizer.
By the producer of Fiberglass 101.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The construction of an economical paint booth
Preparation and sanding
Filling pin holes
Light filling eliminating low spots
Flushing rivet heads
Respirators and eye protection
Choosing color schemes
Mixing materials
Use of a spray gun
Final cleaning, acid etch, Alodine
Priming
Base coat prep
Spraying the base coat
Masking for stripes and other designs
Spraying the clear coat
Alternative materials for painting fiberglass parts
RELATED LINKS:
- ...from the 'paint & finish' Category
- > Automotive Paint Handbook
- > How to Master Airbrush Painting Techniques
- > How to Pinstripe
- > Aircraft Painting 101
- > Aircraft Nose Art
- > Custom Auto Interiors
- > How to Paint Your Own Airplane
- ...from the 'Zenith - In Partnership with Zenith Aircraft' Category
- > Aircraft Painting 101
- > Zenith CH701 Slats, Flaps, & Struts
- > Zenith CH701 912S Engine Installation
- > Aircraft Fiberglass 101
- > Bingelis on Engines
- > Aircraft Sheet Metal
- > Zenith 601XL Horizontal Tail
- > Building the Zenith CH701Horizontal Tail
- > Zenith Starter Kit
- > Sheet Metal Handbook
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