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1) Mark position of prop. Remove the prop. 2) Strip with Jasco paint remover. 3) Lightly/carefully sand/Scotch Brite the surface paying attention to the leading edge. 4) Treat with Alodine or Prekote. 5) Paint with Rustoleum. 6) Have A&P inspect and reinstall.
Aug 27, 2019. #17. Franmar makes a decent stripper that will soften cured urethane. They sell it as soy based...what really does the business is the NMP ( n Methyl Pyrrolidone) find that in a stripper and it will soften epoxy, urethane, pretty much everything. At room temp it may need a few hours to work.
Depending on paint application and exposure paint can flake with time. I see this every day even on planes with 5 years old paint jobs. To do job the right way just lay the fin on the wing surface and mark with a pencil the foot print. Using a Dremel tool with a brush tip or sand paper wheel just remove the paint within the marked perimeter.
He warned me to suit up, glove up, and use eye protection, the reiterated it until I promised I would. That stuff was WAY more effective than "aircraft stripper". It bubbled paint off aluminum in short order. I have no idea what it was but if I was stripping a plane I'd go talk to a pro painter and find out.
KennyW. Apr 17, 2019. #2. I use Aero Cosmetics Wash/Wax All for regular cleaning (instead of the wash rack and buckets and all that hassle). I use Aero Cosmetics Belly Soap on difficult stains (like exhaust stains on the belly. And, I use a product called "Bug Slide" on the leading edges when the bugs are out.
Here is some of my essential repair and painting steps and products that I use. Clean up plastics: Remove side padding for upholstery wrap leather. (Mooney has side paddings glue on top of plastic panels) Scrapping the old glue. Clean up the remaining glue and dust using 3M 38983 and the following.
Besides checking antenna connections clean the transponder tray contacts by removing the transponder and spraying contact cleaner on the contacts. Over half of the intermitent avionics problem are due to contact oxidation. Also check for any connectors between the encoder and the transponder. José.
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 spot putty, wipe down with wax remover, smooth and scuff the paint, then roll on a new coat. Thing is if you don't strip it, you add the weight of a second paint job.
Feb 14, 2018. #11. If you just want it to work, paint it over the old stuff. It's gonna look like a cobblestone street but you won't slide off the wing. If you want it to look nice, strip the old stuff, tape it off and re-paint with the new. We had it done at the last annual and it was worth it. I believe we used the Randolph stuff pictured above.
Display name: Dan Thomas. Nov 18, 2014. #2. 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 isn't too serious, it gets an acid etch and then alodining to arrest further corrosion, then a zinc chromate prime coat, and then ...