Aircraft Instrument Panel Paint

The hardest part of making an instrument panel i believe is the accurate location and drilling of the many small instrument attachment screw holes.

Aircraft instrument panel paint.

See instructions for proper primer use on all surfaces in question. 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. For instance if you have a pe set then it s easy. Zolatone cockpit paint used to paint cockpit interiors excellent on fiberglass.

Primer is not included in paint kits. Don t forget to watch my other videos. 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. I saw the from the ground up shows on tv and remember a textured paint he used on the interior.

With an oob ip paint it the base color i like tarnished black and then use a drybrush technique to hightlight the knobs dials and guages. Customer is responsible for determing whether primer is necessary for your particular situation. The panel and guages are seperate pieces. The leader in digital instrumentation since 1979.

Aircraft spruce supplies components for a wide variety of homebuilt aircraft and discount pilot supplies. Fortunately the screw heads will hide all but the sloppiest holes. Aircraft paint aircraft paint kits. 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. Gives a coarse durable professional finish. Paint the panel then glue the guage decal on the backside and back paint it with white to highlight the guages.