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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas H. Berry, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott A. Davis, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for applying an aerodynamically functional coating to an exterior surface is provided. The method includes preparing an uncoated substrate surface to obtain a prepared substrate surface; applying a primer on the prepared substrate surface to obtain a primed substrate surface with a primer layer; applying and curing a basecoat field color to obtain a basecoat field color layer; masking for a basecoat design color on the basecoat field color layer; applying and curing the basecoat design color to obtain a first basecoat design color layer; masking for, applying, and curing any subsequent basecoat design color layers on the basecoat field color layer; applying and curing a clearcoat to obtain a first clearcoat layer; mechanically aero-contouring a plurality of coating edges to obtain an aero-contoured surface; and, applying additional clearcoat to obtain one or more additional clearcoat layers.