Interior painting
Weather was good this weekend except for the wind. I skipped painting on Saturday hoping it would be less windy on Sunday... nope. I spent most of Sunday morning prepping parts. Edge deburring and scuffing. Should have done this a long time ago.

Since it was too windy outside, I setup a paint space inside. I used a plastic sheet to block off a section of the shop to paint all the small covers and such. I then relocated the sheet around the fuselage and painted the interior.

The small parts were nice and easy to paint.. the interior painting wore me out. My hand was cramping from holding the spray gun at the goofy angles. Keeping track of where the air hose was.. hanging over the side... all added up to being wore out.

I think everything came out pretty good. I lost track of the air hose at one point and it rubbed the baggage floor all over. I painted over the rub marks and will see if I can sand it down a bit. Doesn't matter much anyway... it will be covered with carpet. The paint is a little whiter than I was hoping.. but we'll see how it looks when it dries and in the sunlight.

I am using the water-based Sherwin Williams JetFlex product. I don't know much about painting or paint but this stuff seems pretty good to me. I just dumped it in the spray pot and went to town. It is thick stuff, so you need a gun with a large tip. I used an CH siphon gun from Home Depot.. had the psi on the compressor set at 60 and the liquid knob wide open.

Product Info Sheet for SW JetFlex WR (You don't get one when you order it.)

Interior #1

Interior #2

Various cover pieces

Paint table

(Time: 6 hrs)
- posted by Matthew @ 8:03 AM