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number, so it will match better later on,” Royals said. “We provide a kit with every paint job. Even if you don’t put paint on the area, at least use some clear coat to keep moisture out.”
If you didn’t get a touch-up kit from your aircraft’s painter, Sherwin-Wil- liams has a simple-to-use solution for you in the form of its new JetPen.
“It's a real easy way to do simple touch-ups and repairs on the exterior and interior surfaces,” Voisin said. “Just break the seal, shake and apply the paint to the damaged area. It’s re- ally like a very sophisticated hobby/ craft paint pen.”
According to the company, JetPen comes in a wide variety of popular colors and is available in epoxy prim- ers, polyurethane topcoats, and clear coats. Even if you don’t have Sherwin- Williams on your airplane, it may well be something you want to check out.
One Final Stroke...
About the only thing we haven't covered is tips on designing your paint scheme. And that, my friend, is the hardest part of the process.
Of course, while they can’t help you choose colors, our experts can give you a few guidelines on designing the final paint scheme – mainly in the form of what to avoid.
“Customers often want to put stripes across the radome, engine nacelle, or access panels – things that get re- moved frequently for inspections and maintenance,” Stearns said. “The paint along those edges gets chipped all the time, and it can be very difficult to fix them correctly.”
“Aircraft like the Phenom 100 and 300 seem to have very elaborate paint schemes; metallics, pearl essences, matt finishes and such. They look great when they’re freshly painted,” Royals said. “But when it comes in for phase maintenance, you may have to remove 200 or 300 fasteners to get access panels off.”
“You can bet that when all that goes back together, you will never get those seams and colors to look right again,” he continued. “Better to avoid the problem. Good planning upfront will keep the airplane looking its best a lot longer.”
No matter your ultimate design goals, an experienced team will do their best to help guide you away from pitfalls.
“There are a lot of options today. We try to educate our customers on the pros and cons of all the varying paints, paint systems and color se- lections selected for each project,” Brown added. “Our goal is to help them make the proper selections to achieve their desired goals while en- suring the highest quality and longest- lasting finish.”
Dale Smith has been a commercial, private and business aviation mar- keting and media communications specialist for nearly 40 years. He is an award-wining aviation journalist and aviation artist. Dale has been a licensed pilot since 1974 and has f lown more than 40 different types of aircraft. Contact Dale at dalesmith206@ comcast.net.
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