Repair cost for small dings/chips.

[DaveAnderson]

Hello Gurus,

 

Does anyone have a rough estimate on how much it would cost to fill up this type of chipping and repaint?

 

Thanks,

David

[carusoam]

Clearly a case of hangar rash....

Take your photo to your A&P.

For comparison, not a recomendation, show the picture to your favorite Corvette body shop.

Try finding a used one.

Call the factory to see if they have these pieces.

What level of quality are you looking for?

The paint shop next to our MSC also does fiberglass work...

Overall, I would estimate/guess .5 - 1.5 AMU to fix and paint.

Where are you located?

Best regards,

-a-

[Shadrach]

I'm betting between .3 and .5 AMUs. Where are you located? some parts of the country are less expensive than others. You could likely have other areas done as well without the price going up much. Either way, to do it right it's my opinion that they should mask and paint the whole wing tip...

[N201MKTurbo]

If it is all the same color it should be about $750.

R&R 2 hours

Materials $250

Prep 2 hours

Paint 1hour

Materials may be less if the shop has a good relationship with the paint dealer. It will take about 100ml of paint, but they may only sell a minimum of a quart in a custom color.

[DaveAnderson]

Great, thanks for info.  I'm located in San Diego, so unless I fly East, my guess is that anywhere around here is going to be on the high side.  If I were to do it, i'd get it done so that it'd never have to be done again and it looked new.

 

Thanks!

 

David

[jetdriven]

You can fill it with epoxy mixed with micro balloons and paint to match with a brush. Remove the wingtip and have it scanned at finishmster and have a pint of the paint mixed

[Yetti]

Several layers of 5 minute epoxy...  the double syringe stuff.   Or JB Weld for the thickness.   sand to smooth.   Several layers of fingernail polish of proper color  buff out, wax done..   several hour job. mask off the area with tape (black electrical works better than masking tape with epoxy) just in case things run on you.  Don't want to have to clean up a bigger mess.

[rbridges]

a friend of mine fixed a similar problem for someone in his hangar.  the repair looked great, but the shade match was off just a little.  

[Mooneymite]

Friend of mine did a wingtip repair much more exrensively damaged than yours. It took him a lot of layers of resin/microballons/sanding to get the surface right, but it was unskilled labor....his own...very cheap.

He had a paint shop match the color....that was the only difficult part. Looks great. As a matter of fact, his repaired tip looks better than the other wing tip now!

If you have some time, give it a try. You can always sand your work away if you don't like it.

[DaveAnderson]

Good ideas...thanks everyone.

[N201MKTurbo]

Friend of mine did a wingtip repair much more exrensively damaged than yours. It took him a lot of layers of resin/microballons/sanding to get the surface right, but it was unskilled labor....his own...very cheap.

He had a paint shop match the color....that was the only difficult part. Looks great. As a matter of fact, his repaired tip looks better than the other wing tip now!

If you have some time, give it a try. You can always sand your work away if you don't like it.

 

I agree completely. If you have ever done any paint work than you can fix this yourself for the price of the materials.

 

I would do both wingtips so they look the same. Pull off the battery cover or an access plate from the bottom of the wing that has the un-faded color of the paint to take to the paint shop for matching.

 

For that small of a ding JB Weld (1:1 epoxy, aluminum powder, fumed silica and glass micro bubbles) would work just fine as a filler. If it was any bigger I would grind it out per the service manual and add a few layers of cloth.

 

Just remember that anything can be fixed with time and sandpaper.

[fantom]

 

Just remember that anything can be fixed with time and sandpaper.

 

Don't forget