Restoring paint on a Aircraft Boing 737

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865277#Comment_81865277

Definitely worth trying the "Tech Log" board on PPrune forum then. If the grey has been applied to cover the logo then it may be an easily removable paint if you know the right chemical to do it.

As Baldytyke88's post suggests, aircraft painting is complicated and high tec - if there was a chance of the airframe being sold for further use then they probably wouldn't have slapped Dulux gloss over it with a 6" brush.

plumb1_2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865341#Comment_81865341

thanks for the link, I’ve registered and created a post, but unfortunately no response yet

ChilliBob

You could try Peel Tec - it's a spray on pain remover that's non aggressive, https://www.ct1.com/peel-tec-paint-just-simply-peels-away/

If the red paint is bomb proof if think Peel Tec wouldn't damage it - but as above, try in an inconspicuous area!

plumb1_2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81870525#Comment_81870525

thanks but I think it might be to aggressive, but I do have a can of multisolve that I will give that a try on a small area.. Just waiting for some plastic razor blades I bought to arrive.

ChilliBob

Interesting!

Not used Peel Tec myself but yeah, perhaps. Multi solve rocks though, used it on all sorts!

No1_Anorak

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6653214/restoring-paint-on-a-aircraft-boing-737

Being an aircraft engineer, who has worked on Boeing 757s in the past [but not for Jet2] I would first say be extremely careful in any sanding down of aircraft paints as they contain some pretty nasty stuff, which is required because of the extreme environments airliners work in. Secondly, I'm not sure that they grey is actually some that was later apllied ot 'cover up' the logo. If you look at the image of a Jet2 Boeing 757 you can see the actual base colour of the fuselage is grey, with the red 'Jet2' logo actually on top. Quite often the logos can be in the form of a transfer rather than painted on but not having been close up to a Jet2 aircraft, I cannot say for sure but if you look at the image attached you'll see what I mean, I think it is actually the red paint that has peeled off revealing the grey underneath.

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No1_Anorak

And further to my previous post, here is a link to an image of one of the Jet2 Boeing 757s at Kemble, Glos [the Jet2 757s were scrapped at Kemble and at St Athan] showing that the logo is not painted out and for info this particular aircraft was at Kemble for about two years having various parts stripped before finally being scrapped.

https://www.airhistory.net/photo/424789/G-LSAH