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Aircraft Paint Consulting

Not Sure What Your Airplane Needs? Ask First.

A separate service for owners who want straight answers before committing to exterior work — ours or anyone else's.

What is aircraft paint consulting?

A structured conversation about your aircraft's exterior: whether it actually needs a full repaint, what a sensible budget looks like, how to plan a scheme, how to compare shops and quotes, and how cosmetic condition affects resale presentation. It is planning help, not an FAA inspection or airworthiness determination.

What we help you decide

Whether your aircraft needs a complete repaint or something less. What a repaint should cost for your specific airplane and goals. How to plan a paint scheme you will still like in ten years. How to compare shops and read quotes. How to sequence cosmetic work before a sale.

If the honest answer is "your paint has years left — polish it and spend the money on avionics," that is the answer you will get.

What this is not

Paint consulting is not an FAA inspection, an airworthiness determination, a maintenance sign-off, a corrosion engineering evaluation, or a mechanical pre-buy. It is expert planning help on the exterior finish, scoped honestly.

Common questions

Do you provide aircraft paint consulting?

Yes — a separate service for owners deciding whether to repaint, budgeting a project, planning a scheme, comparing shops, or preparing an aircraft for sale.

Is a consultation a sales pitch for your paint work?

No. If the right answer is "keep your current paint" or "a different shop suits that project," that is the advice you get. Honest answers are the product.

Is this an FAA inspection or pre-buy?

No. Paint consulting covers the exterior finish and project planning only — it is not an airworthiness determination, maintenance sign-off, or mechanical pre-buy inspection.

Let's see what your airplane would cost.

Tell us what you fly, what the paint looks like now, and what you want it to look like when we're finished. It takes about a minute.

About 60 seconds. No obligation.

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