Zooms Heli
Senior Heliman
Location: Los Angeles
| Kino,
The problem with adding color to the gel coat is that the canopies are made in 2 peices and the seam needs to be filled as do minor pinholes.. The key to a good paint job is the prep work and while our canopies have a high quality finish, as with anything they are short of perfect. Also, paint does not adhere well to gel coating. As such, a good primer is suggested for optimum finish which would make a colored gel coat a waste. Paint applied to gel coat only, will result in cracking and lifiting of the paint. These days, most people do not like having to do prep work. That is why we are shipping canopies that are prepped and ready for paint. We primer, fill the seams and pinholes and apply more primer. That is how we prep all of our canopies including the ones we paint.
All of the other canopies on the market require a fair amount of work before they are ready for paint.
Best Regards,
Scott |
contacting the ground with my Zooms canopy and although it has some damage it's still looks ok and is flyable. They are tough and worth the extra $10 over others. 
