Paint VS Aircraft


Maintainers and Customer basis in aviation industry looking for, when it comes to PAINT?


The selection criteria is;
  • First durability, followed by colour match, customer support, repairability, quick delivery, custom colour matching capability, price, locally available (within 50 miles), productivity, fast drying, environmental benefits and training.

Painting an aircraft is part of the maintenance required. It prevents corrosion. A typical paint job protects an aircraft for about six years for jets and six to eight years for turboprops.
Most of the technicians when selecting for a brand, they mostly look in to the factors, such as; Longer shelf life, cost, quicker cure time and better adhesion, colour matching from order to order, faster drying time, UV resistant, fade resistant.
Now with the switch to electrostatic paint gun, it takes just few hours to complete the job. There are many newer technologies emerging centered around painting aircraft, although the electrostatic paint guns significantly more expensive than traditional guns.
And now for the customer’s some companies provide the facility of Envision technology to give clients a preview of the finished product through 3-D modelling. The system has thousands of options for interior refurbishment and paint applications, allowing customers to see the exterior paint scheme with graphics and logos in place according to their requirement.

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