Painting Your Restored Aircraft

[jls]

You have to take the wings off, don't you? Anybody shoot an aircraft with
paint from under the wings or under the belly? Just wondering out loud
here.

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
" jls" > wrote:

> You have to take the wings off, don't you? Anybody shoot an aircraft with
> paint from under the wings or under the belly? Just wondering out loud
> here.
>
>

You have to use a pressure pot/gun combination. It is done all the time.

[Bela P. Havasreti]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:29:13 -0500, " jls" >
wrote:

>You have to take the wings off, don't you? Anybody shoot an aircraft with
>paint from under the wings or under the belly? Just wondering out loud
>here.
>

Yes. It helps to get the aircraft up off of the ground some (in my
case, raise the tail on a taildragger and set it on a medium sized
ladder). Use a crawler to slide around underneath while painting.

You'll want to use an orientation insensitive spray gun (I don't think
any of them will shoot/spray "up-side down", but some work better than
others). For instance, a gravity-feed gun might not work well while
laying on your back, trying to spray the belly

I use an HVLP conversion gun while priming, but I like to use a
pressure pot with a quality remote Binks-type "high pressure" gun
for shooting top-coats.

Bela P. Havasreti

[Plumb Bob]

"Bela P. Havasreti" > wrote in message
> You'll want to use an orientation insensitive spray gun (I don't think
> any of them will shoot/spray "up-side down", but some work better than
> others). For instance, a gravity-feed gun might not work well while
> laying on your back, trying to spray the belly

Take a look at the 3M PPS system... can convert a gravity gun to spray at
any angle, even up.

[Bela P. Havasreti]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:15:49 GMT, "Plumb Bob" > wrote:

>
>"Bela P. Havasreti" > wrote in message
>> You'll want to use an orientation insensitive spray gun (I don't think
>> any of them will shoot/spray "up-side down", but some work better than
>> others). For instance, a gravity-feed gun might not work well while
>> laying on your back, trying to spray the belly
>
>Take a look at the 3M PPS system... can convert a gravity gun to spray at
>any angle, even up.
>

Will do!

Thanks for the tip.

Bela P. Havasreti