Flaky yoke!
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Flaky yoke!
The paint on my yokes is coming off in a dandruff-like fashion. What can you do about it? Can you buff them off and repaint?
Thanks,
Rob
Thanks,
Rob
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Rob
I have sucessfully restored the yokes on numerous planes by chipping off the old coating with a knife then beadblasting it clean. From there I use a high build epoxy primer to fill and fair it smooth. Then topcoat with a polyurethane or epoxy either of which is very durable. If you have an outfit that does powdercoating in your area take them the cleaned but not primered yokes and have them give you their opinions as to weather or not they can get a smooth finish for you. The powder coated yokes would be most durable and they offer a lot of colors. Good luck!
I have sucessfully restored the yokes on numerous planes by chipping off the old coating with a knife then beadblasting it clean. From there I use a high build epoxy primer to fill and fair it smooth. Then topcoat with a polyurethane or epoxy either of which is very durable. If you have an outfit that does powdercoating in your area take them the cleaned but not primered yokes and have them give you their opinions as to weather or not they can get a smooth finish for you. The powder coated yokes would be most durable and they offer a lot of colors. Good luck!
Dave
N92CP ("Clark's Plane")
1953 C-180
N92CP ("Clark's Plane")
1953 C-180
The problem with powder coating them is that they are usually made of a metal that is too porous to coat well without flaws. I suggest the fill-and-paint solution. Imron works well and "Gull Grey" is the basic Cessna color that was used. Placing the Cessna logo decal in position when it's dry, then coating it with a clear-coat makes it appear original again.
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170A Control yoke declas
If someone has a black and white one that show the demensions, colr and outline, I could work with that to have graphix service make them into decal. Of course, I would have enough made to suppy the fleet
Any help would be greatly appreciated by me, my wife, 2 dogs and my cockatoo and did I say Me?
Any help would be greatly appreciated by me, my wife, 2 dogs and my cockatoo and did I say Me?
A good sign shop can scan the logo on the back of the owners manual and reduce it slightly to the proper size and then print it in any color you want. Mine were silver and I belive that to be the original color for the brownish red yokes as I have a plane in very original condition. Bill K
Polished 48 170 Cat 22 JD 620 & Pug
Re: 170A Control yoke declas
I've got a couple of original decals I could fax to you. They're too old to risk using directly. Last time I tried to use one of the old original I have, the water transfer simply tore them up. email or pm a fax number and I'll send them. Georgeschefler wrote:If someone has a black and white one that show the demensions, colr and outline, I could work with that to have graphix service make them into decal. Of course, I would have enough made to suppy the fleet
Any help would be greatly appreciated by me, my wife, 2 dogs and my cockatoo and did I say Me?
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.