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Interior Spray Paint
What do you guys use for painting interior plastic?
We will be out of annual for a couple weeks 'cause our A&P is busy, so we're going to work in the interior. We'll order various new pieces from Plane Plastics. The parts come black right? We'll have to paint the new pieces, and re-paint the yellowed but reusable ones. TIA -- Ben C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y |
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Krylon has a new spray paint specifically designed for plastics. I
haven't tried it yet. Ben Smith wrote: What do you guys use for painting interior plastic? We will be out of annual for a couple weeks 'cause our A&P is busy, so we're going to work in the interior. We'll order various new pieces from Plane Plastics. The parts come black right? We'll have to paint the new pieces, and re-paint the yellowed but reusable ones. TIA |
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There are a number of plastic surface paints out there. I chose to go with a
dark gray paint made for modern automobile bumpers so that it allowed for some flexibility. The brand was Plasti-Kote I believe. As always, prepping and priming are key--make sure to sand and prime adequately. Marco "Ben Smith" wrote in message ... What do you guys use for painting interior plastic? We will be out of annual for a couple weeks 'cause our A&P is busy, so we're going to work in the interior. We'll order various new pieces from Plane Plastics. The parts come black right? We'll have to paint the new pieces, and re-paint the yellowed but reusable ones. TIA -- Ben C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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"Rip" wrote:
Krylon has a new spray paint specifically designed for plastics. I haven't tried it yet. I have and pretty impressive gloss. Not quite what one may want, but suppose that a mist coat of a satin clear applied from a distance after she dries clear will dull it enough. Fred F. |
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S.E.M. is a paint (could be a dye) made for vinyl. Walmart sells it.
Works great. TaxSrv wrote: "Rip" wrote: Krylon has a new spray paint specifically designed for plastics. I haven't tried it yet. I have and pretty impressive gloss. Not quite what one may want, but suppose that a mist coat of a satin clear applied from a distance after she dries clear will dull it enough. Fred F. -- --Ray Andraka, P.E. President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc. 401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950 http://www.andraka.com "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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"Ben Smith" wrote in message
... What do you guys use for painting interior plastic? We will be out of annual for a couple weeks 'cause our A&P is busy, so we're going to work in the interior. We'll order various new pieces from Plane Plastics. The parts come black right? We'll have to paint the new pieces, and re-paint the yellowed but reusable ones. I just installed some seat backs from Plane Plastic in my Warrior. They're white. Some of the other new parts I bought, like the air vent cups, are black. I decided to leave the cups and the flap lever cover black but for the white seat backs I went to the automotive paint store and ordered paint that was a close match to the upholstery. I applied it with a spray gun. The paint is urethane so I'm hoping it will stand up well to handling and of course it's as glossy as can be. In the past I've painted other interior parts with enamel and the color eventually wore through. Almost all these parts require a lot of work with a Dremel tool before they're ready to install. And some of them aren't exactly like the originals, but as long as they carry that PMA sticker and you can figure out how to make them fit I guess they're ok. You might want to replace the yellowed parts anyway, budget permitting. When they get brittle like that they'll break easily. There isn't much point in painting them if you'll only be having to replace them soon. One trick I've used to repair these parts is to use ABS pipe cement (the clear kind) to glue a layer of fiberglass cloth to the backside of the plastic. Helps hold it together. That's only a temporary fix though, eventually the plastic goes the way of all things created by the hand of man and you have to replace it. RK Henry |
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There was a fantastic article about 1 year ago in one of the aviation
magazines that discussed how to repair plastic interior pieces, including panel plastic. I think it was Sport Aviation. The before and after results were quite impressive. -Nathan On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:21:03 GMT, "RKHenry" wrote: "Ben Smith" wrote in message ... What do you guys use for painting interior plastic? We will be out of annual for a couple weeks 'cause our A&P is busy, so we're going to work in the interior. We'll order various new pieces from Plane Plastics. The parts come black right? We'll have to paint the new pieces, and re-paint the yellowed but reusable ones. I just installed some seat backs from Plane Plastic in my Warrior. They're white. Some of the other new parts I bought, like the air vent cups, are black. I decided to leave the cups and the flap lever cover black but for the white seat backs I went to the automotive paint store and ordered paint that was a close match to the upholstery. I applied it with a spray gun. The paint is urethane so I'm hoping it will stand up well to handling and of course it's as glossy as can be. In the past I've painted other interior parts with enamel and the color eventually wore through. Almost all these parts require a lot of work with a Dremel tool before they're ready to install. And some of them aren't exactly like the originals, but as long as they carry that PMA sticker and you can figure out how to make them fit I guess they're ok. You might want to replace the yellowed parts anyway, budget permitting. When they get brittle like that they'll break easily. There isn't much point in painting them if you'll only be having to replace them soon. One trick I've used to repair these parts is to use ABS pipe cement (the clear kind) to glue a layer of fiberglass cloth to the backside of the plastic. Helps hold it together. That's only a temporary fix though, eventually the plastic goes the way of all things created by the hand of man and you have to replace it. RK Henry |
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Our parts came white, and we painted them with S.E.M. mixed to a matching colour. We got "flat" paint and sprayed it with one of those disposable aerosol cans/bottles... Came out looking like new!! Dave On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:17:08 -0500, "Ben Smith" wrote: What do you guys use for painting interior plastic? We will be out of annual for a couple weeks 'cause our A&P is busy, so we're going to work in the interior. We'll order various new pieces from Plane Plastics. The parts come black right? We'll have to paint the new pieces, and re-paint the yellowed but reusable ones. TIA |
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S.E.M. is a paint (could be a dye) made for vinyl. Walmart sells it.
Works great. Roger that. SEM is outstanding, and can be applied equally well by spray or with a small brush (for those tough to remove pieces, like the ones that go around the yoke on a Cherokee). -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Use S.E.M. Available at auto body paint stores. I've used it on
several planes and it works great. "Ben Smith" wrote in message ... What do you guys use for painting interior plastic? We will be out of annual for a couple weeks 'cause our A&P is busy, so we're going to work in the interior. We'll order various new pieces from Plane Plastics. The parts come black right? We'll have to paint the new pieces, and re-paint the yellowed but reusable ones. TIA -- Ben C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y |
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