painting vans powder coating

[miyu1975]

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.

[bruceh]

Somewhere in the plans Van's mentions scuffing any powder coated parts that will eventually get painted.

[Jim P]

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.

[PropellerHead]

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.

[miyu1975]

great..thanks for the heads up