(bryan chaisone) wrote in message . com...


Just trying to see if I might get into this business. Always wanted
to be in the aviation business. Thought painting might be the one w/
the least liability.


Least liability???? You have to be joking....Not only do you have to
deal with the FAA, but also the EPA and any local EPA type agency. For
a decent sized facility, you will be pushing a half million bucks in
the facility and the vapor recover system as well as the wastewater
trap and treatment system and HAZMAT control before you spray the
first drop of paint. Pretty much gone are the days of renting a large
hangar and setting up shop on the cheap.

At $6K for stripping and painting a 152, it will take a heck of a lot
of paint jobs to cover the monthly cost on a facility.

Craig C.