Chris_Tejas

Quote: fantom Do you normally paint the non GPS antenna's, Chris?

Yes, it takes a lot of elbow grease. Scotch brite and a mild phosphoric acid to remove the oxidation on light surface corrosion. For heavier corrosion, a slightly stronger phosphoric acid mix used with a soft stainless steel wire brush. If its bad enough around an antenna where it has eaten too much aluminum away we can do a small flush patch and cut out the corroded area and patch it with new metal.

Its looking great Aaron. I really wish I could have it done for you before the Mooney convention in Kerville. But its not going to be quite ready..Mike and I will be attending. I think they want me to do a Paint seminar Q&A session for the attendents. So get your questions ready..Just don't laugh, I'm not the best public speaker.. Everyone have a great weekend... Chris

We are currently still painting some of Mooney's strip and paints as well..We are just finishing up a New Premier 2008 Ovation that was painted at another shop less than a year ago. Airplane has never been dilivered to an owner yet. Paint was peeling, cracking, and just overall bad. Theay had never pulled the controls and balanced them. The rudder and elevators' balance were out of limits. Then we stripped it to find they had sanded 40% of the button head rivets past their limits.. We had to put it back together and Mooney took it back to the factory and replace about 40% of the button head rivets..Big mess.. Just things to look out for when you have your plane painted. I've been doing this a long time and have seen almost everything...

Quote: TheTruth 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.

Hey Aaron, your plane is looking great. Everything is going smooth. Just sent you a new picture. If you or anyone has any questions feel free to ask... Chris Tejas Aeroservices...