# How to Paint a Boeing 747 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 16, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141 "2010-08-16T06:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/1 "2010-08-16T06:49:02Z")
Thought this was pretty cool. https://player.vimeo.com/video/13832328?app_id=122963 ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/2 "2010-08-16T07:29:58Z")
That was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/3 "2010-08-16T08:17:53Z")
thats a lot of paint right there. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/4 "2010-08-16T08:18:39Z")
That was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![1slowMini](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1slowmini/32/5102_2.png) [@1slowMini](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1slowMini)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/5 "2010-08-16T08:19:54Z")
very cool! ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/6 "2010-08-16T09:32:35Z")
Pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/7 "2010-08-16T10:23:22Z")
I’d hate to be the poor prick whose job it was to mask everything off ---
**Author:** ![NYstanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/8 "2010-08-16T10:25:17Z")
No wet sanding or buffing? weak ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/9 "2010-08-16T10:26:11Z")
wonder what the cost was… pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/10 "2010-08-16T10:29:20Z")
If they contract out for the vinyl that company must make a KILLING. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/11 "2010-08-16T10:47:07Z")
Even has nose art. Sweet video. ---
**Author:** ![NYstanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-paint-a-boeing-747/159141/12 "2010-08-16T10:50:48Z")
[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero\_05/textonly/fo01txt.html#table1](http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_05/textonly/fo01txt.html#table1) Looks like 555 lbs of paint applied roughly