Aircraft Instrument Panel Paint

Primer is not included in paint kits.

Aircraft instrument panel paint.

Paint the panel then glue the guage decal on the backside and back paint it with white to highlight the guages. The wood instrument cluster cover is no longer available it was made by a retired engineer in omaha dicktech for his own g model he went on to make them for sale to others but has not done that is several years. See instructions for proper primer use on all surfaces in question. Interior and instrument panel painting a friend and i are just starting our finishing kits and i was wondering what people are using to paint their instrument panels and interiors.

A corrosion preventative primer should be used on properly treated bare metal before applying your paint coat. The color shouldn t be too dark as in those same situations a dark color will absorb the sunlight and become hot increasing ambient temperature of the flight deck requiring additional cooling system capacity for both pilots and instruments many civvie aircraft have black instrument panels but other elements of the design typically prevent. The hardest part of making an instrument panel i believe is the accurate location and drilling of the many small instrument attachment screw holes. The panel and guages are seperate pieces.

Aircraft spruce supplies components for a wide variety of homebuilt aircraft and discount pilot supplies. For instance if you have a pe set then it s easy. The leader in digital instrumentation since 1979. Don t forget to watch my other videos.

Gives a coarse durable professional finish. I saw the from the ground up shows on tv and remember a textured paint he used on the interior. Fortunately the screw heads will hide all but the sloppiest holes. One gallon required for long ez cockpit.

Aircraft paint aircraft paint kits. Customer is responsible for determing whether primer is necessary for your particular situation. Hi kent i don t have paint color by number just a color match to the panel on my baron which was redone back in 1993.