Re: painting questions

[Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>]

>>>PARADOX@DEPAUW.EDU said:
 > A friend is restoring a Cessna 172 airplane, and decided to do his own
 > painting. 

I strongly strongly recommend not doing this; but I guess it's too late.
Painting the control surfaces can upset their balance; they must be rebalanced 
and rerigged by a qualified rigger before you fly the plane again.  They 
should, of course, be removed and painted separately.

  --berry

Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox.com :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center