June 25, 2020 – I experimented with vinyl.
I’ve been intrigued by the use of vinyl instead of paint on the airplane. I decided to give it a try.
I ordered a 3×5 piece of 3M 2080 Gloss White. I decided to try it on the right elevator.
The first thing I wanted to do is to paint the leading edge row of rivets. This turned out to be a waste of time because you can’t EVEN see these rivets when the elevator is installed.
I cut a piece of vinyl large enough to cover the top of the elevator. It’s all pretty straight-forward, after watching a few dozen You-Tube videos.
Here’s the final product, for now.
Lessons learned:
- Two people.
- Cut a much bigger piece of vinyl so you can grab it an maneuver and pull it into position.
There are a couple of hard wrinkles, that will make it necessary to redo this. I kind of wish I’d started with the bottom of the elevator. I did the top because of how I’d wrap the trailing edge.
The other part I have to figure out is how to do tight curves like the tips.
Time: 1:40
