Painting Your Airplane- A Big Decision!

[@darrenhillman8396]

Love the colour scheme on 33C, Gunny! Great for visual conspicuity when you are on the ground but even greater when you are in the air! Superb finishing too. Well-worth the expense. Thats easy to say when its not my own money! 🤣 Definitely needs your “FlyWire” logo on the tail, a perfect finishing touch for her. Best wishes from the UK.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Thanks Darren!

[@pettsnjam]

Makes me want to get my A36 repainted. What a hot looking paint job!

[@thomasaltruda]

Wow! That starburst looks great from the drone shots!

[@mannypuerta5086]

Good looking paint scheme! I’m partial to red/white/blue, too.

[@chuckmartin5773]

Beautiful, that has to be one of my favorite paint schemes! Thanks for sharing

[@rubenvivaan7030]

I realize it's quite randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to stream new tv shows online ?

[@scotabot7826]

My Gosh, that is one beautiful paint job! Just stellar craftsmanship, and that shade of red you chose is awesome. Everybody will be staring at you on the ramp! Now go roll that baby.

[@mrmutra569]

Great stuff well done

[@faraskhan3940]

I learned a lot about painting from model airplane building: There are over under paints and if you do a wrong combination you get a mess!

[@baraviationlimited6472]

Very helpful video. Thank you

[@johnmorykwas2343]

Did you see the can of Eastwood paint or primer in the video? Great paint.

[@SmozzZy]

I love your F33 Scott. I have one in my sim.

[@danielruff4632]

Beautiful paint scheme!! Best looking Bonanza I’ve seen!

[@gb9926]

I think it would be prudent to go ahead now and have a ceramic coating applied before leaving the hangar... it would improve the durability!

[@davidsoom1551]

Beautiful airplane!

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Thanks a lot!

[@gb9926]

Adding your “flywire” logo on the tail with a wrap would look great and could be removed before selling in the future!

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Great idea!

[@Joe_Not_A_Fed]

That looks good, Scott. Years ago, I did some painting at my brother's body shop. Mostly vehicles but we did one 172. I still have the stink of that paint stripper in my nose. You're 100% correct. Shooting the paint is maybe 1% of the process.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Thanks Joe!

[@tyrionlannister6769]

Scott....another most informative video and Yep - preparation (especially masking) is the key...! Being a bit radical here - instead of the checks...did you consider Polka Dots...!?

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

HaHa... no, I never really considered Polka Dots. Too late now!

[@akb5531]

Question...the color TRD has always had a tendency to oxidize (fade). What do the do to the paint to prevent that? Beautiful job, btw!

[@toma5153]

Did you mean red instead of trd? Color fade depends on the type of pigment you use. In the "old" days various metal based pigments were used, often based on lead or cadmium compounds. However those are toxic and bad news for people spraying paints. Hence newer type organic pigments. To inhibit fading, mostly from ultraviolet light, additives can be put in the paint which inhibit or absorb the ultraviolet rays. Examples of UV absorbers and inhibitors could be naphthalene or Ciba-Geigy's Tinuvin organometallic tin compounds. Color fade is only one problem for aircraft. Rain erosion, exposure to big temperature extremes in a short period of time, ice formation, hail, etc. all take their toll. Current high quality catalyzed polyurethane topcoats are a vast improvement over older style coatings.

[@akb5531]

@@toma5153 Yes, thanks. Probably should proof what I type. Very interesting answer. Thanks for the explanation.

[@DeereX748]

How much weight does that paint job add to the plane? Speaking of your Bonanza specifically, but also any comparably-sized plane. I remember reading somewhere about the paint scheme on some larger commercial planes added a couple thousand pounds of primer and paint.

[@johnmorykwas2343]

If the plane had a repaint in UK, the Brits and European use a water base acrylic paint. I had to strip Jaguars and other European cars to bare metal inorder to use American paints. Same with aircraft.

[@bradgray8064]

Yes. There is a lot of surface area there.

[@Joe_Not_A_Fed]

Hey Scott. That is a gorgeous paint job. I'm watching this again and a question popped into my noodle: Why is there grip tape on the flap surfaces? I assumed they were a 'no step' area. Thanks.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

That one section of the flap gets stepped on when people board the airplane. true Bonanza fliers step over it.

[@Joe_Not_A_Fed]

@@FlyWirescottperdue I thought that might be the case. I seem to recall putting the flaps down to keep passengers from being tempted to step on them. I think they were approved of by Piper to be stepped on...but not by me. Thanks for the response.

[@timmholzhauer3342]

Nice paintjob! Only the tail looks a bit empty. Could use some sort of logo. Callsign is cool! Would love to change mine. Not eaay to say on the radio.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Timm, you've got a great idea! A Logo would be perfect there;)

[@jackbrainassociates8806]

Beautiful paint job on your airplane, I just got my 210 back from paint last week. What’s your plan for long term care? Ceramic is what I’m hearing.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

I plan to let it cure for about a month, then wax it and use a Ceramic coating. I will also add 3M Leading Edge tape. Look for an upcoming video on that.

[@kinsleysykes5509]

@@FlyWirescottperdue Don't wax if you are adding Ceramic or put down the ceramic first. Ceramic is really demanding of surface prep, and needs a pristine surface to properly adhere.

[@gr8trgoodsimpatico310]

From a guy that painted new gulf stream. G200&500. If that doesn’t show my age. It’s very labor intensive.

[@MachTuck]

Very interesting video! My opinion, you picked a nice scheme and colors for that 33 model. I personally like the factory schemes for Bonanzas from early to mid 70s, maybe with some of the newer colors, but keeping the factory scheme, i`m not much into "modern" designs for older aircraft, I`m kind of classic for that, same as I like analog instruments panels compared to all glass stuff, the way they look I mean. Some of the late models airplanes nowadays, they got that "expensive" automobile look regarding the interior, power quadrant, dashboard, etc. Im old school! lol

[@MrGoldman9]

Hello Catherine it’s a very beautiful and the stripe on the wing it Give impression like aerobatics airplane It’s remind me by that airplane With two Wings on top of each other and the woman hanging out On top of the plane I was hoping that you share some numbers about how much that cost you to give Who is interesting some estimate number. Thanks again

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

It is an aerobatic Bonanza! Lot’s of fun to fly!

[@piper0428]

Nice!!! guess cost is around 12k to 16K

[@nancychace8619]

Excellent paint job. Interesting consideration of creation, or not, of resale value. Similar story with real estate. They say not to remodel much if you are planning to sell, b/c a prospective owner might have much different taste, can affect the sale. Unless, of course you are planning to keep it. There are always those unintended consequences 🙂🦖💐🌠🚂🛼🪂🛸

[@doewepelleboer2637]

Nice Dutch, Red / White / Bue ;-)

[@desertdog185]

Would love to know the rough cost for two ( or three ) colors .

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

More than you think;) It is so much labor, and labor is only getting more expensive.

[@desertdog185]

@@FlyWirescottperdue Yes. If I were to take a stab at it, I would guess $25,000-$30,000? I honestly feel like I have no concept of inflation over the last 20 years.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

@@desertdog185 Pretty good, just a tad high unless you get a complicated color scheme.

[@BEACHYz]

How about the weight and balance? How was that effected? Did you need to do anything legally afterwards?

[@masonallen3901]

The elevators and ailerons must be re - balanced...

[@masonallen3901]

Only legal requirements for paint job is must be entered in logbook and signed off by Airframe certified mechanic...

[@cblackmail]

Do you know the brand of stripper they used? Thanks.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

CB, I don't. It is a commercial grade stripper... comes in 55 gallon drums.

[@cblackmail]

@@FlyWirescottperdue Thanks for the reply.

[@masonallen3901]

Best commercial stripper is El Dorado PR 3400 and 3500 . They are out of San Antonio Tx

[@dobermanpac1064]

Food for thought. I’m a car racer. Painting my race car added 35 lbs to the car... American Airlines knew this too. Hence all natural bodies for AA. SO here’s my question. Paint or an extra bag of luggage??

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Well, the real reason to paint an airplane is to control the effects of oxidation. AA did go with polished AL... nowadays they paint all their airplanes. They always had to polish out the AL to keep ahead of the oxidation and that meant a LOT of man hours to polish. Once upon a time I flew for AA and frankly you don't notice the difference, its noise level. the sun and the weather play havoc on the airplane... so paint is more of a protection measure.

[@jbl7092]

Price quoted to paint a Cessna 150 was more than the plane cost. Hilarious.

[@johnmorykwas2343]

The job is 92% prep, and 8% paint job.

[@Nbolanos0624]

Scott can you show us the wheel wells

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

HaHa... Nilson, the airplane is NOT for sale;)

[@blackhd92]

Now the Million dollar question,What was the total cost of having your airplane painted? My guess is $12.500

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Low...

[@antoniobranch]

I guess you got a good deal.

[@johnmorykwas2343]

Epoxy primers do not flex as much, they will crack.

[@masonallen3901]

Epoxy primer must used on aluminum and GRP surfaces for adhesion , this is common knowledge in the aircraft and marine paint industry

[@masonallen3901]

Today's epoxy primers are infused with urethane for flexibility...

[@ruthc8407]

$1,000 a quart paint? Thank the E.P.A. for their draconian rules.