Posted on 07/06/2022 7:54:34 AM PDT by bitt
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/108600791368823038
During my four years in the White House, I didn’t use everybody’s favorite airplane, the Boeing 757 we campaigned on for our big 2016 WIN. Now it has been completely modernized and renovated, and looks GREAT, all done in the Great State of Louisiana, and coming back to the skies in the Fall of 2022, or maybe sooner. Get ready!
https://youtu.be/fXfmvzsaTp0
FYI, as you see in the video, a semi-truck deliver's the paint. Think for a minute how much a single five gallon pail of typical house paint weight's.
If I recall correctly, you lose approx. only 2 % (percent) of weight to evaporation, via application of paint.
At the time of my working at Boeing,(1986-1991) a 747 had approx. 50,000 {fifty thousand, not a mis-print} pounds of paint on them, and they (Boeing) were trying to cut that by a mere 5 % percent. Now you know why American Airlines doesn't paint the outside of their planes.
My guess at the cost of that paint / refinish job, 2 - 4 million dollars, should get you into the neighborhood. What they show as coming out of the delivery truck (i.e., paint & primer, etc.,) my guess 1/2 to 3/4 of a million's dollar's. Won't be surprised if it totaled as much as 1.25 million or just a little more, I've been out of the game of purchasing anything autobody wise.
Ping
That is so cool...
And beautiful!
Bravo to the folks at Landlocked Aviation!
I would love to see a longer vid on how that’s done.
And I’m so glad I didn’t have the job of taping that puppy...
Bringing the total paint required for a 747 to 1850 lbs. A gallon of paint weighs 11.5 lbs, meaning 160.87 gallons of paint will be required to paint a 747. Cost of paint A gallon of Sherwin Williams Poly Urethane based paint costs the public $187.43 / gallon on Sky Geek. That's a total of $30,151.78 worth of paint for a 747.
paint on a 737 adds about 555 pounds to the weight of the aircraft. ...
This section alone uses 80 gallon's Boeing "702 White," two people to spray, in an 8 hour bar to achieve completion. this is done pre-assembly. (Two part paint, so multiply 80 times two.) One part paint, one paint hardener.
The 44-Section, basically where the wing(s) attach to the airplane, use's 60 gallon's Boeing "702 White, two people to spray, in an 8 hour bar to achieve completion. this is done pre-assembly. (Two part paint, so multiply 60 times two.) One part paint, one paint hardener.
The 41-section, i.e., the nose section uses most times 60 gallon's Boeing "702 White, two people to spray, in an 8 hour bar to achieve completion. this is done pre-assembly. (Two part paint, so multiply 60 times two.) One part paint, one paint hardener.
I'm not listing all the part's of the airplane, but again just the "Pressure-Dome," approx. 10 foot dia. Goes between the 46-section and the Tail section, uses approx. 10 - 12 gallons. one person paint job.
Hint, all of the above uses a two part green primer system. All fuel cell(s) (that would be the inside of the wings, and the bottom half of the 44-section) use a special fungal resistant yellow primer.
Not to mention all of the different (Dia.'s & Length's) hydraulic lines that get primed & painted.
I could go on, but this should give a general idea.
What was the old aircraft green primer (one part) called? Zinc chromate or something? I had a rattle can of it but never see it anymore (greenies probably did away with it).
I'm not sure just how you enter this into a calculator, when your trying to be the smartest person in the room (Earth to steve86, your not even close) I have no idea just how much paint is used in the Tail-Section, where I worked in the Everett (Washington state) Plant (40-41 bldg) (at the time, it was said, you could tear off the roof, put the Seattle King-Dome in the building, put the roof back on, and still have room for parking.) we didn't paint any of those sections. We only painted the "vertical stabilizer-part," that moved, so as to turn the plane left /right directions.
"vertical stabilizer-part," one man operation to paint, approx. 7 gallons (one part paint, one part hardener.) PS, the only reason this sticks in my head, was you would use the "ONLY" 5-gal spray-pot, otherwise it was "20-gal spray-pots," that could be filled to 22 gal. capacity. Had the little "AIR-MOTOR'S" to constantly stir the paint, inside the pot(s.) We cried and moaned, begged for bigger pot's. Never got them, at least for the 5 yr's I worked their. In truth, I don't even know if a bigger spray pot was available, now that I think about it. But we sure wanted one.
I worked in what was called the "Body-Section & Detail shop." Now, let's say on a 747, you had 300 seat's, all had say a cover plate for a ash-try, needing paint.
Bingo, you got it, that's 300 PAINTED ASH-TRY COVER PLATES.
If it help's, you only use approx. 1.5 gal paint, to paint/refinish the Pilot's & Co-Pilot's console(s) and "seat-bracket(s.)"
So, steve86 just how many THOSANDS of parts on a 747 require painting, inquiring minds would like to know.
I think you are a bit mentally unbalanced these days but best wishes from a fellow Washingtonian (Eastern WA).
So, in your little world of self importance, when someone shows just how out of the ball-park you are on a given subject, or in this case very bad seat-of-their-A$$, calculations; that makes that person "mentally unbalanced!"
Hey Steve-o, most people would call that "PROJECTING!"
Hello from the communist side of the People's Republic of Washington, where the art of stealing elections was perfected, Hello (victim No.#-1) Dino Rossi.
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