EAA493 Mailing List: Re: Looking for a local shop to paint engine mount

[Andy Spinks (andyspinks89]

One of our contractors at Ethicon suggested Rough Country to do powder coating for balcony railings for our house.

Andy Spinks

C 830.660.5911

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From: Don Treadwell <donald [at] treadwellphotography.com> 
Date: 03/03/2018  05:27  (GMT-06:00) 
To: Andy Spinks <andyspinks89 [at] gmail.com> 
Subject: [EAA493] Looking for a local shop to paint engine mount

Good Morning,

I removed the engine mount from my airplane yesterday to paint it. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good local shop that could apply a powder coat of paint. It has some very light rust in some spots so sand blasting it clean maybe the best way to clean the engine mount. The mounting bolts fit very snugly in the mount so I'm guessing I should not paint inside the bolt mounts. I wanted to inspect the mount after sand blasting to insure all rust is gone and no visible signs of damage before painting. 

Does anyone know of a good shop to use? Any other advise is appreciated. I have read that a light color is better for detecting future damage, so I thought a light gray would be a good choice. 

Don