Refinishing More Aviation Built-Ins (Challenger 601)

Jan 17

Randy was hired by Aircraft Custom Interiors LLC out of Dallas, Texas to wrap the internals of a Challenger 601. Like a lot of jets built in the 90’s, this one was also experiencing that infamous “milky” lacquer aging problem - the surfaces were sound, for the most part (more on that below), but the uneven and blotchy fading of the original lacquer finish needed to go. Rather than spend hours upon hours meticulously sanding all of the factory surfaces and re-coating them just to have to do this same refinishing job again in the future, the customer opted for the much quicker and cheaper option of having everything wrapped in 3M Di-Noc.

All of the tray tables, arm rests, bulkheads, and cabinetry that needed refinishing in this particular plane were disassembled and moved off-site to a dedicated refinishing space - this meant that Randy got to work in a climate-controlled space for a change, BUT he unfortunately wasn’t able to take any before & after photos or videos of the plane itself.

This project used 1 full roll of 3M Di-Noc Wood Grain WG-7024 Architectural Film, installed over 4.5 days. A portion of the time on this project was spent on doing repair work to a few worn-out/damaged pieces before the wrap was applied - this included gluing down pieces that were starting to delaminate, and filler material on chipped-out cabinet corners (Randy talks about this in the first video down below).