Why is powdercoating an option in our kits?
The builder of our kits has 2 choices: painting or powdercoating. If the builder wants us to powdercoat it, we will do that. Powdercoating looks fantastic, and there are dozens of colors available. It is also slightly heavier than painting. If the builder wants to paint the fuselage and metal components, that is easily done using an enamel spray paint. It’s also a lot cheaper than powdercoating. It’s more prone to chipping than powdercoating. It’s helpful to ‘bake’ a paint job in the sun for a week so that the enamel paint truly hardens. This will help resist chipping. Corrosion can appear under powdercoating and be difficult to spot; it’s easier to see corrosion with paint. This all boils down to builders choice with good reasons to go either way.
