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Quote: wmrunyon Ronnie, welcome aboard and i sincerely appreciate Mooney Factory expertise on this site for input. I will have to say that i need to echo previous posted concerns. My plane was re-painted in 2005 at the factory, and it is unfortunate to say, the paint is virtually peeling off down to metal. It is painful to watch and it will need to be dealt with this fall. I have been told by factory personnel and other paint shops i have talked to, my situation is likely due to poor prep work. My question is: Has the paint facility at Kerrville been upgraded? Has a contemporary environmentally controlled paint booth been added? The previous facility or “paint booth” was a step up from a barn! You could see daylight thru the walls and on a windy day, i can imagine dust/dirt blowing in. There was obviously no control for temperature or humidity, much less, outside contaminates. If a proper booth has not been constructed that provides over-pressurized air filtration and temperature/humidity control (like Tejas and others), the factory paint jobs will always be a compromise. The best painters in the world can not do quality work with poor equipment. My paint job looked beautiful ( and still does) but it is literally falling off the plane. It is unfortunate that it has not lasted 4 years and i have to reinvest in this process to preserve my plane. I have learned my lesson to personally research and inspect the facility & personnel who will paint my plane. Bill

Yes you are correct, they did do most of the show birds in the past.but word around the camp fire is that in late 2007 the factory got a jump start recruting around 4 top painters and they were able to take over the "show plane" situation.and alot of those factory paint jobs that are in poor condition are results of out processing paint jobs.and if they are charging 4k less than mooney i guess mooney cant match a 13k paint job. thanks for listening.

Yes you are correct, they did do most of the show birds in the past.but word around the camp fire is that in late 2007 the factory got a jump start recruting around 4 top painters and they were able to take over the "show plane" situation.and alot of those factory paint jobs that are in poor condition are results of out processing paint jobs.and if they are charging 4k less than mooney i guess mooney cant match a 13k paint job. thanks for listening.

Well , $20k is a little high IMO too,i dont know how that paint qoute came across this subject because i got my paint job at a much lower price.but then again maybe my bird had different issues.i dont know but i hope yall get a better qoute next time.

Thank you, and i hope your satisfied.

Congrats ,its always great to get a fresh paint job,But just to give yall a heads up Mooney Airplane Company Factory Paint Shop has opened it doors to strip and repaints , i took my Bravo in and wow let me tell yall "O.E.M all the way", talk about a first class finish, you might pay a bit more but in the long run its well worth it .when you want the best of the best just take it where it was born.