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dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 25, 2001 - 7:37 pm: | |
ok guys im thinking about painting the old crown need advice on what type of paint to use how much i can expect to pay ect |
David Munson (63.61.96.146)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2001 - 10:26 pm: | |
Doug, I personally, as a ex-truck driver would recomend an emron paint. It is expensive but it is used on commercial trucks and holds up to the elements real well. make sure you get a good prime coat. |
Mark O. (204.245.228.203)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2001 - 10:45 pm: | |
The adage you get what you pay for applies to paint as well as to anything else. Imron and other commercial coatings are more like a plastic shell sprayed on over the body. If it isn't applied correctly you will have a monster of a mess.
The new coatings also require an activator, most commonly it is something like cyanide. In other words, don't try to apply the stuff yourself if you don't have a full pressure breathing apparatus.
Personally I have found the fleet paints available at your local NAPA parts store to be very serviceable, economical, and just as nice to look at. Since the fleet paints are bascially old technology almost anyone can learn to apply the paint with very basic tools.
The key to a good finish is making sure the prep work is done well. If the base isn't smooth the finish never will be smooth.
Good luck.
Mark O. |
Usher (162.40.192.102)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 4:31 pm: | |
I wouldn't put anything on my bus but Imron. It lasts really well. We use it to paint airplanes, and even with sleet and hail pounding on the paint at 150mph you seldom get chips. It must be applied by a professional or well informed worker, but the results will be worth the cost. Why try to save a buck on the first thing people see when you pull into your favorite park? |
John Jewett (Jayjay) (152.163.204.198)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 11:55 pm: | |
PPG and Ditzler both have a new line of polyerethane paints that kick the pants off of Imron (basically an epoxy) More flexible in cold weather, and easier to touch up, without most of the cyanide based problems of Imron. I've used the PPG on the last two planes I owned, and NO chips at 220 knots (tore the left de-ice boot loose though! Still ain't cheap though. Cheers...JJ |
dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - 9:50 pm: | |
thanks you guys imron was i guess the old stand by i hear about it the most often but i think jj might be on to something because more and more i am hearing about those eurathane(?) type paints buy the way jj i am an A@P currently working on military helecopters uh-1 uh-60 i doubt in any case that i would try to paint it myself i think that is a craft that i may want to let someone else handle |
John Jewett (Jayjay) (205.188.192.27)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - 10:59 pm: | |
Hey Doug- Imron is good, but it is 60's technology, and super hard to touch up properly.The new PPG reminds me of Randolphs, which I always thought was superior to Ray Stitts Aerothane. Choppers huh? Heady stuff compared to 231's and A-36's Cheers...JJ |
Usher (162.40.192.189)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 7:46 am: | |
What about us poor guys that are "stuck" with our little 182's and 210's ? Man, to sit in a A36 would be heaven. Let's see, pull the stick back and full left rudder......YIPPEEE !!!!!! |
John Jewett (Jayjay) (152.163.205.78)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 11:20 pm: | |
Hey Usher, try: push the yoke foreward, kick a little right side and watch the ASI Push past VNE @ 270K and the VSI hit 3200FPM down. (And pray for no little bumps) Keep in mind, you have to push real hard, real fast as the VSI winds up!! P.S. Your 210 will do it if you have a late model with the IO-540 and the Hartzell three tipper. Keep the fuel load to less than half and it will make an A-36 work hard to stay ahead. I think I prefer the V-35B model with the O-470 (no, not the GIO either)but with the tri-blade STC'D Hey, what are you doing to me, this is a bus board, you'll get me in 'Dutch with |@n for talkin' planes, 'stead of boats, ah, uh, I uh mean let's see... oh yeah, Coaches. Cheers...JJ |
dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 7:10 pm: | |
jj what the heck is randolphs is that a paint or what and what is an a36 that one of those boring fixed wing things? |
jj (152.163.197.77)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2001 - 12:28 am: | |
last things first: yup an a36 one of those boring fixed wing things made by walter beech's people. we can't all be lucky enough to fly craft with 6 gazillion shaft horsepower, and prop blades that are about 142 feet long. Next: randolphs and stitts' are "fixed wing only" paints. stitt's is de riguer if you are using fabric to cover with, and randolph's is a very flxible(?), tough epoxy. hard as an old maids heart, and just as bad on your bank balance! available from (among others) aircraft spruce and specialty co. out in calofornia (that is, if it hasn't broke off and fell in the lake yet.) jj...sreehc |
mleibelt (216.145.145.3)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2001 - 9:09 am: | |
Hi All
A newbe here in the bus world...Just brought home my MC9 on Tue and now the adventure begains...I had my Beech Baron painted 11 years ago with Imron and it still looks new...And the DC-10's I fly to pay the bills are also painted with Imron and it holds up at 500 knots... |