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Date:  3-1-2009
Number of Hours:  6.00
Manual Reference:  Section 8; OP-21
Brief Description:  Painting the cockpit in "Hammered Aluminum"

Before I get too carried away installing all the fuel and brake lines in the cockpit, I decided I should paint the interior parts that won't be covered by upholstery. I recently saw an RV-6 where the guy painted this "hammered aluminum' on the interior. I am planning on purchasing a very nice cloth prefabbed interior from "Classic Aero Designs". It will be grey with dark grey trim. I already have the black seat belts and harnesses. This hammered grey should look very nice with the grey and black. I still haven't decided whether I will paint the instrument console in this hammered aluminum. I'm thinking I'll instead use a cream colored enamel and all the face trim of the instruments will be black to make them stand out better but not cause a glare from the consol. I'll have to ask my wife Susan to do the color coordination-thing. I'm not too good at that sort of stuff. Anyway, this is the paint scheme. Before I painted, I had to remove everything I installed in the cockpit, like rudder pedals, panels, etc. but now it will be easier to install the fuel and brake lines. This paint is a little strange to apply because it doesn't look the same when its wet. You never know just how much oil dispersion in the paint is going to make the "hammered effect" come out in the end. Some places it's lots (like on the landing gear mount...pic #3) and some places it's not. It also changes as the spray can gets close to being empty. I guess that makes sense. Fume content is very nasty, though, and I sprayed this inside my shop with no airflow from outside. I had a headache for two days afterward. Not too smart on my part...guess I won't do that again.
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Hammered Aluminum Paint

Hammered Aluminum Paint

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Seat bottom painted

Seat bottom painted

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Landing gear mount painted

Landing gear mount painted

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