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Old 05-09-2010, 10:22 AM
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has anyone tried painting over vans powder coating. I was hopeing to use my silver acryglo and paint some of the interior parts that are powdercoated..ie flap brace, canopy latch.
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:24 AM
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Somewhere in the plans Van's mentions scuffing any powder coated parts that will eventually get painted.
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:29 AM
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I successfully had the stick and rudder pedals re-powdercoated to match my interior colors on the -7 and on a previous airplane, did paint powdercoated parts, just make sure you scuff and clean well. Shouldn't be a problem.
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:41 AM
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Default Painting Powder Coated Parts

I just went through this getting my shop ready for the build. My shelf brackets and tracks were all white powdercoat finished. I scotchbrite them thoroughly and painted with rustoleum blue. I found the finish to be very nice and smooth with no tendency to peel. Just don't break through the powdercoating and merely "de-shine" every bit of it with the scotchbrite. I wiped them down with a tack rag and laquer thinner before painting.



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Old 05-09-2010, 11:30 AM
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great..thanks for the heads up
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