Tips and techniques wanted for Rustoleum Hammered Interior Finish

[IowaRV9Dreamer]

I did the scratch test using a small screwdriver and the results surprised me.

All 3 rustoleum paints (black, silver, bronze) performed about the same. The difference depended on what was under the paint.

The areas primed by the Rustoleum clean metal primer (which was white) did not adhere as well. To add insult to injury, of course the white primer shows through more on the scratched areas, especially with the black paint.

The areas primed by the NAPA 7220 and no primer (scuffed alcad) had the better adhesion. There was essentially no difference between the NAPA primer and the scuffed alcad.

After the scratch test, I recoated the pieces and the results were acceptable. You seem to lose a lot of the hammered finish when you recoat. That even seems to happen on a 2nd coat when initially painting the part.

Overall the differences are minor. The results of this test have led me to not worry too much about primer under my interior paint. So far I've painted every removable part of the interior, and am getting ready to mask of the fuselage for the rest of it. I've been doing two coats. Be sure to let it dry like a week before messing with it.

Good luck to all.

PS - I found the paint for about $5.50 at Wal-Mart (aviation interior paint aisle). That is about $1/can cheaper than Lowes.

[Tram]

So it'd been several months - how is your paint holding up?

I started repainting the interior of out 6 a couple years ago and found myself flying every time I went to "work" on the plane..

[Cuben1]

Two of my current airplane's interiors have a silver/grey hammer tone finish from the factory. One was built in in 1967 and the other in 1972 and the finish still has held up in excellent condition on both.

Don't know who manufactured the paint but the silver/grey hammer tone looks great and has held up even in the baggage areas.

FWIW Cardinal Industrial Finishes makes a Poly Urethane two component hammer tone paint in a wide variety of colors. This paint is more durable and has better weathering than the rattle can one part hammer tone paints.

Cardinal also has a matching powder paint if you want to paint any parts via the powder paint method.

We used Cardinal two part green/gold hammer tone to to repaint our heavily oxidized pool fence and pool furniture about 5 years ago and the finish still looks like new.