Maintaining a polished 170

LouLaSalle · Post by **LouLaSalle** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:48 pm

Hello Doug,

Our Baby hasn't come home yet! So I can't say what she will look like, but, I have seen his work....., and it really is impressive.

The shop is Ed's Aircraft Refinishing, and it is on the Brookhaven Airport
in Shirley, New York. It is just east of the Long Island Class C airspace.
The phone number is 631 281 8236.

I just got tired of polishing it. My wife and I picked an color, Audi Silver to use as a base and a very nice red. So, it will look original, but we won't have to spend 50 hours, polishing it every few months.

Give him a call. I will forward a photo, when I get it back.

Send your email address on the the next note

Lou La Salle
C 170B
N2485D based @ N85 Alexandria Field, Pittstown,NJ

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:41 pm

Thanks Lou. I'll give them a call.

To email me just click on the "Email" icon at the botom of my post or send it to "mowryd@aol.com"

thanks,

Post by **Bruce Fenstermacher** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:46 pm

Lou
I think you'll be happy with you color choice. As you can see by my signature photo my plane is painted almost as you discribe your plane will be. From a distance and to the untrainded eye it looks like aluminum.

BTY I just noticed your based at Pittstown. I'm at Quakertown, PA just over the river. When I get my engine back together we'll have to meet. There are several 170s in the area. About half the owners are Association members.

LouLaSalle · Post by **LouLaSalle** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 5:18 pm

Ive been to Quakertown often, to have work done to my radios. Great people to work with.

Look forward to meeting 170 people. Their is a 170B tied up behind my hangar, but I never get to see him/her.

Lou

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:18 pm

As George Horn stated, you will undoubtably find some things you will have to learn to live with when going to a polish from previous paint. One question I have is the thickness of the alclad. What are you doing when you remove the top? I am as sick as they get when it comes to purity and would LOVE to have a polished plane. But, I also live next to the ocean in New England and like flying over the ocean. Too much work for me and if I lag on the schedule it does irreversable damage. I like to feel comfortable with having somebody wiping their hand over it after they just ate some potato chips and not have my blood pressure go through the roof trying to explain that that is not a good idea, or simmer in silence. I can only look at the owner of a polished plane with great admiration, but also wonder about what they do with the rest of their time, if they have any. Mine will stay white and have a correct color scheme. ( And I will always be jealous of the polished ones)

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:37 am

Walker wrote:... But, I also live next to the ocean in New England and like flying over the ocean. ...

Walker,
Where are you based? I'm in eastern MA. We should get a few of the local 170s together for lunch or something.

LouLaSalle · Post by **LouLaSalle** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:32 pm

Hi All,

Our '52 was painted at one time, per the shop that is now priming it for a paint job. The alclad in spots is great, and in spots, it will just not take a shine. The entire a/c tarnishes within days of being polished. I am 65 NM from the ocean, by in high humidity NJ. The underside of the wings and elevators are the hardest parts to clean or polish and always look bad. It has taken the paint shop two weeks of work to get them smooth, but it only takes a short time to have them begin to tarnish and corrode. For me the paint job will retain the classic look (bright Metallic Silver) and a crisp, bright red of the original airplane, and spare the hot days of buffing in the hangar.

It was atough desicion, but I think that in the long run we (Patty and Me) will be happier.

Lou

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:53 pm

I'd be interested in some information from anyone who's gone from polished to painted exterior. What's a paint job on a 170 weigh? I figure trim only can't be too much,but how about a full paint job?
Kelly,do you have accurate before-and-after weights?

Eric

LouLaSalle · Post by **LouLaSalle** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:52 pm

Hi Everybody,

We are having two coats of Silver Metallic, two coats of red trim, and a "clear coat' put on our 170. The shop says that it will weigh between 20-25 pounds. A think this will be a small trade off, I was losing that, every time that I did a stem to stern polish job.

Lou La Salle
N2485D
NJ

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