When I finish building my Lancair I plan on painting it with just a
light (thin) coat of paint (nothing fancy or expensive). Just something
that will keep the oil and dirt out of the primer. Then after I have
about 50 hours on it, sand down the light coat of paint and have it
painted professionally with a nice paint job.

I???ve seen three IV-P aircraft that had over $10,000 in paint on them
that was destroyed when repairs had to be done during the first 25
hours. One aircraft hadn???t even flown before the paint was destroyed!

I personally think this is the best of both worlds. I don???t have to
worry about pinholes later and I don???t have to worry about messing up
an expensive paint job should I want to change something.

As for the interior, I think we all here agree not to put a full set up
in before the first 25 flight hours. Even the best-built aircraft have
a few bugs to hunt down. No need to mess up an expensive interior.

Danny Creech


--- Gene Underland <geneandvangie@mail.tds.net> wrote:
> I have painted before and after flying homebuilts. Oil, fuel and dirt
> gets into places that make the paint fall off when flying first.

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