172 paint and corrosion - Pilots of America
2014年10月27日 · The paint is blistered because the metal underneath it is corroding. The paint needs to be stripped and all the corrosion byproducts removed. If the damage to the aluminum …
Best Paint Remover! - Pilots of America
2019年8月26日 · Best Paint Remover! Thread starter Grum.Man; Start date Aug 26, 2019; Grum.Man En-Route. Joined Jul 17 ...
Aluminum safe paint stripper? - Pilots of America
2011年8月15日 · My painter gave me a gallon jug with his stripper in it and told me to strip the skis. He warned me to suit up, glove up, and use eye protection, the reiterated it until I …
How well do aircraft covers protect an aircraft ... - Pilots of America
2014年11月8日 · A canopy cover may be enough to ward off the worst of sun and heat damage. Sun will of course take a toll on paint over time, but no worse than your car. Keeping the plane …
Cheapest way to paint an airplane? - Pilots of America
2015年1月5日 · Cheapest way to get a good paint job is to use AwlGrip and roll and tip using foam rollers and a badger brush just damp with retarder, just clean all chip edges and fill with …
Swap fabric with carbon? - Pilots of America
2025年1月12日 · No, not really. I've got around 1220 + hours in airplanes with fabric covered control surfaces (and only about 230+ in metal planes), and I've never seen my fabric "flapping …
Wheel Pant Repair - Pilots of America
2016年5月29日 · The pant in question is a fiberglass one. These fiberglass pants have a metal (in this case, stamped sheet steel) brace/stiffener/support thingy that is held in by 4 machine …
Cherokee 140 and 180 pictures? - Pilots of America
2011年9月20日 · Sounds like you're modeling the versions with the blunt, metal cowl (i.e., pre-Cherokee "C"). Cherokee 140s kept the blunt cowl through the end of production in 1977, but …
Paintless Dent Removal - Pilots of America
2018年8月8日 · I saw a plane for sale lately that has some hail damage. I researched how to remove dents, and there's a technology called Paintless Dent Removal. It's restricted to non …
Fabric Covered Airplanes - Pilots of America
2012年2月13日 · No, the paint will deteriorate and fade more quickly, but unless (and until) the silver UV blocking layer is compromised, the fabric itself will not deteriorate any faster. Until …