Cessna 182 1978 - Repair of Dents; Refinishing Engine Mounts; Touch-Up; Masking for Stripes

MODEL
182
&
T182
SERIES
SERVICE
MANUAL
paper which has been
thoroughly wrinkled.
Unmask When necessary
to touch up or
refinish an area, the
ABS and other
preprimed parts and check tapes.
defect should be sanded with #400 and followed
by
Clean surface with a jet
of low pressure-dry air. #600 sandpaper.
Avoid, if possible, sanding through
the
primer. If the primer
is penetrated over an
area
19-10. PAINTING ALL-OVER WHITE OR COLOR. 1/2 inch square or larger, repriming is necessary.
a. Complete
painting of the plane should be done
Avoid spraying primer on the adjacent
paint as much
with 2 or 3 wet, even coats.
Dry coats will not re- as possible.
Since urethane finishes cannot be "spot-
flow, and will leave a grainy appearance. ted in" repairs should be in sections extending to
b. Allow 5 minute period for the finish to flash off skin laps or stripe lines.
before moving aircraft to the oven.
a. Dry overspray
and rough areas may be com-
c. Move to the
force dry oven and dry
for approxi- pounded
out with DuPont
#808 rubbing compound.
mately 1 1/2 hours at
120°F to 140 F.
b. Grease,
bug stains, etc., may
be removed from
d.
Dry film thickness of the
overall color should
be painted surfaces
with DX440 Wax and
Grease Remov-
between 1. 3 and 2. 0 mils. Films in excess
of 3.0 er or Imperial Cleaner. Klad
Polish may be used on
mils
are not desirable.
bare aluminum
to remove stains,
oxides, etc.
c. Rework areas, where paint or primer removal
19-11.
MASKING FOR STRIPES.
is required, may be stripped with Strypeeze
Paint
a. Remove airplane
from the oven. Allow airplane Removal
All traces of stripper must be removed
to cool to room temperature before masking. before refinishing.
b. Mask stripe area using 3M Tape Y231 or 3M
Tape
Y218 and Class A solvent proof paper.
Double 19-13. REPAIR OF
DENTS.
tape all skin laps
to prevent blow by. a.
To repair dents use White Streak Filler or equiv-
c. Airplanes
which will have a stripe only configur-
alent. Mix White Streak in the correct
proportion as
ation shall
be masked, cleaned,
and primed,
in stripe recommended
by the manufacturer.
area only.
b.
Do not apply
White Streak Filler
over paint.
All
d. If the
base coat is not
over 72 hours
old, the
paint shall be
removed in the
repair area and
the alu-
stripe
area does not
require sanding.
If sanding is
minum
surface sanded
lightly to increase
adhesion.
necessary because
of age or to remove
surface de-
Apply the White Streak
to a level slightly above
the
fects, use #400 or
#600 sand paper. Course
paper surrounding
skin. After drying
for 10-15 minutes,
will leave sand marks
which will decrease gloss
and sand the
filler flush with the skin
surface, using care
depth of gloss of the finish.
The use of power sand-
to feather the edges.
ers should
be
held to
a minimum,
if
used,
exercise
care to preclude sanding through the white base coat. 19-14. REFINISHING ENGINE MOUNTS. After
Wipe
surface
to be striped
with a tack
cloth and
check completing
a
repair as directed
in
section 18,
finish
all tapes.
the entire engine mount with P/N
CES1099-IS,
e. Stripe colors on
Enflex III base coat will
be (CCM44A),
Zinc Rich Primer.
Apply as follows:
Enflex
III and on Imron base
coat will be Imron
a. Scuff sand
or grit blast the entire
mount to bare
Enamel.
Mix as
outlined in
paragraph 19-9.
metal.
f. Painting of the stripe should be done
with 2 or 3 b. Wipe with solvent
such as lacquer.
wet-even coats.
Dry coats will
not reflow,
and will
c. Thin primer
by 25 to 30%with
No. 2 thinner,
leave
a grainy appearance. Stripes
may be force and mix thoroughly.
dried or air
dried. Film
thickness
of a stripe
is ap-
d. Spray
to a film
thickness of
0.001" to 0.0015".
proximately
1.0 mil.
e. Material
may be force
dried at 180
°
to
200°F
g. Do not remove
masking tape
and paper until
the for 10
to 15 minutes.
paint has dried to a "dry to touch" condition. Care
should be exercised
in removal of the masking to
pre- NOTE
vent damage to the finish.
h. Modified urethane finishes are sensitive
to mois- Aircraft with serials
prior to 18260364
ture, therefore, should be stored
out of rain until should have
the entire mount refininshed
cured.
after repair actions.
Beginning with
serial 18260364, only the affected areas
19-12.
TOUCH-UP.
need
to be repaired and refinished.
NOTE
Application of a top
coat thickness in excess
of 5. 0
mils, requires
a control
surface
balance
check.
19-6