Yall remember Patty Wagstaff's plane with the white spinner and red stripe? Sweet right? Some think so, and I'm one of them. I've got a 3.25" C/F spinner and I would like to get it painted as such for my H9 27% 260. How does one do this? Anyone have experience doing that that's reputable and would want to do it? I am familiar with painting, as a mechanic at a local airport I get to paint quite a bit, so I have the tools.... just dont know the best way to do it.

Thanks for your helP!

First things first, if you're using an electric starter this will get scuffed up!

Mask the area to be painted. Prepare the surface (degrease, sand to add tooth, clean).

Use a tough paint that's compatible with the material the spinner's made of. The best way to apply it will be to spray. Pay attention to getting even, light coverage to avoid disturbing the spinner's ballance. A final over-all with clearcoat may help improve durability.

Hopefully someone who paints more than I do will have more detailed tips. What I said is, I know, pretty obvious stuff.

J

I once did a German style spiral on a Dubro spinner using Perfect Paint. I tried masking and all that but it just didn't work too well until I did the following... I cleaned the spinner with denatured alcohol to ensure I had a very clean, oil free surface. I then took a scotch brite pad and just roughened it up a tad to give it some bite and then wiped it down again (while wearing gloves). I painted the whole spinner with the spiral color (white) and let dry. Then came the "fun" part, masking off the spiral. I placed a small masking tape circle over the tip and then using 1/16" chart pak tape, I started making a spiral to the base. I then started a second chart pak spiral that got a little farther from the first spiral as it got near the base. When that was done, I started filling in between the two chart pak spirals with Bob Dively's liquid masking film. The stuff dries pretty quickly and I put on about 3 coats to make sure I had full coverage and it was thick enough to peel off without breaking. I then shot on the other color (happened to be black) then peeled off the tape and masking film and there it was... it looked really good.

I'm sure other people have methods they would use but this is what worked for me and it worked really well.

Hopefully, this will save a lot of work. World Models offers spiral painted spinners. http://www.theworldmodels.com/para/p...id=6&subcat=17 go about 2/3 of the way down the page.

Hope this helps.

Perhaps you could also do the mask (after the stripe color) with a peice of electrical tape, pre cut so that it starts very narrow and ends up wider. I would think you could determine the length needed, lay out the tape on a sheet of glass, and then use a straight edge and razor blade to make the cut. After all the above mentioned preparation, of course.
Sam