Rex Kwan Do
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Shot acrylic enamel paint on recently replaced aft wing walk panel on a PA28.
let the paint cure a day and then coated with Randolph wing walk. Let it sit 2 days. It held up fine and I’ve flown several times without issue. The coating seemed like it was working well.
yesterday I flew cross country and as I was putting the airplane to bed, I noticed what looked like a boot print (and the white paint underneath) in the wing walk. It looks like with the warmer weather (80F) that it got really soft and my weight was enough to tear the coating.
the wing walk had been properly thinner with toluene as per directions, all I did was lightly scuff the paint and then clean and apply.
Any thoughts? Do I try to clean up the damage and apply another coat? Would rolling this over fresh acrylic enamel paint cause a lack of adhesion?
Thanks for your help…
let the paint cure a day and then coated with Randolph wing walk. Let it sit 2 days. It held up fine and I’ve flown several times without issue. The coating seemed like it was working well.
yesterday I flew cross country and as I was putting the airplane to bed, I noticed what looked like a boot print (and the white paint underneath) in the wing walk. It looks like with the warmer weather (80F) that it got really soft and my weight was enough to tear the coating.
the wing walk had been properly thinner with toluene as per directions, all I did was lightly scuff the paint and then clean and apply.
Any thoughts? Do I try to clean up the damage and apply another coat? Would rolling this over fresh acrylic enamel paint cause a lack of adhesion?
Thanks for your help…