I'm wondering if high performance vinyl stays on high performance planes? I have a plane to do and the little voice is bugging me about this. Seems about 15 years ago I went out to hand letter a plane because of decal failure...
Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
Bob,
I had the same question last week, I asked my supplier who said they sell a LOT of Gerber 220 to an aviation customer up in Vermont.
My end result was to cut Mask for the Numbers to be sprayed.
I took the safe way out.
Posted by Bob Parsons (Member # 1034) on :
Thanks Bob. I've cut a lot of masks for jets myself. Sure would be nice to use vinyl on this job -- it's an emergency vehicle that gets taken out of the hangar at a moments notice. Maybe I just answered my own question!
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
I've seen lots of projects showing vinyl put on airplanes; but it gives me chills thinking about a big piece of vinyl coming off in flight, and going into a jet engine intake.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
I spoke with Butch Anton several years ago. He found that if you seal the leading edge of the vinyl (in his case, with Frog Juice) the vinyl will stay on just fine.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
When I fly, I always try to touch the lettering on the planes. Seems the newest stickers, and they are printed stickers, are about the plane having Wi-Fi on it.
Posted by Bob Parsons (Member # 1034) on :
Hey thanks for chimin' in on this. I was told by the Avery folk to seal the leading edge also. This is and aircraft which flies about 175mph...
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
Alicia, Those aren't stickers.. They are Band-aids holding the plane together.
Posted by bruce ward (Member # 1289) on :
once again, there seems to be just alot of confusion on this. Ive used oracal 651 on planes and had no problem. I didnt tack weld it, seal the edges or clear the whole plane when applied. I did this on a small cessna. Did i care? of course I did. I did the research and felt comfortable with it
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
