Painting Gentle Typhoon Fans

[Father Fuzzy]

On my 44 Magnum build I needed to paint the blades of 20 gentle typhoons ap-15's from the grey to red


First you heat up the label and peel it back





Then you see the tiny horseshoe clip holding the fan to housing





I tried to buy a proper spring clip tool but the smallest out there was too big for it
so I used 2 precision screwdrivers to undo the clip
out of the first 16 I lost 1 clip and broke 2





I quickly fiqured out I should have a massive magnet to help catch the jumping clips
and used a magnet tray to help and it worked great never lost any after that


Then you mask the fan spindles off





Then you start applying thin coats
this is 2nd coat





did about 6 coats on each side on this set of 10





Then remove masking and time to reassemble





Then sleeve the wires





Tip


When you are sleeving the wires with a heatgun dont have the power cord behind the box of fans


they will hit the floor and shatter





then u will need to go buy more and repeat the steps all over again

[Midnightoil]

Excellent!! sorry to hear of the mishap thou but I'd treat those as practice fans ...

[Hooded]

Great info Father.

I've never taken any of these smaller fans apart before so seeing how they are disassembled is very good to know.

Painting plastic can cause it to become brittle. This is something I learned through safety at work. This is the main reason it's against the law to paint a hardhat.

Thanks for sharing your mistakes with us all to learn from.

[Midnightoil]

Hooded=tradesman??

[MRDcanadian]

i did mine in 5 coats and they came out good. 2 primer and 3 color. then again the fan you use where not black to start with. very nice finish you did there they look awesome. sorry to hear about you accident.

[MRDcanadian]

did you sand them down to help the paint stick?

[Father Fuzzy]

Thanks The typhoons are from a composite material not quite sure what its is
doesnt feel like plastic and is heavy
I used a plastic dye ...forget the name
seemed to work great

[Father Fuzzy]

did you sand them down to help the paint stick?

Nope just sprayed the vinyl dye

[Hooded]

Hooded=tradesman??

Yup. Industrial Construction Millwright

[DazMode]

Same happened to my San Ace fan. Server oriented fans has hard plastic blades, not cheaper vinyl of generic fans.

I also found it get better result if painting spinning fan. As you have extra parts now, spin it with hand and spray. Cleat coat is must too..

[Izerous]

Looking good and I agree with the idea of clear coating them.

[Father Fuzzy]

[Hooded]

Looks good to me Fuzzy.

Did you clear coat that or just used a semi-gloss satin paint?

[Father Fuzzy]

I just used the vinyl dye
product is for fixing car interiors
and amazing how well it bonds
seemed to absorb into the blades instead of just being like paint
but came in a standard spray can
I dont believe it will ever peel or flake

[GEARjmr]

Sweet job there Hooded!