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PPG Aerospace Coatings Help Color LOT Polish Airlines 85th Anniversary Livery
Coatings by PPG Industries’ aerospace business colorize the
85th anniversary livery of LOT Polish Airlines (Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT) on this Embraer E175 aircraft painted by LOT Aircraft
Maintenance Services (LOTAMS). DESOTHANE HS/CA 8800
buffable topcoat in six colors and a DESOTHANE high-solids
topcoat in semi-matte silver were applied over P99 wash primer
and chromate-free PAC33CF primer. A clear DESOTHANE topcoat on top of the silver provides maximum gloss. PPG coatings
will be used on four other LOT Polish Airlines Embraer aircraft
to be repainted in the airline’s standard livery. (Photo by Pawel
Mikolajczyk - Courtesy of LOTAMS)
Six colors of DESOTHANE HS/CA 8800 buffable topcoat and
a DESOTHANE high-solids topcoat in semi-matte silver were
applied over P99 wash primer and chromate-free PAC33CF
primer.
The LOT anniversary livery uses elements from the airline’s
livery of 1945 to 1973. The top of the fuselage is white with “
POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE >LOT<” in black, and the lower fuselage,
wings and horizontal stabilizers are semi-matte silver with a clear
topcoat for added gloss. A sky-blue horizontal band across the
fuselage frames the windows, with cobalt blue lines above and
below. The current LOT logo in purple appears on each side of
the fuselage, and “Flying since 1929” is painted in black in English on one side and Polish on the other. The white tail has a red
accent and the original logo in black, and a black stylized crane
is painted on the forward fuselage. Sky-blue winglets have “85
ANNIVERSARY” and “SINCE 1929” in white.
According to Ralf Maubach, PPG Aerospace sales manager
for Central and Eastern Europe, LOT chose the PPG coatings
after seeing another aircraft painted with DESOTHANE HS/CA
8800 topcoat by LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS)
in Warsaw. Maubach said LOTAMS has much experience applying PPG coatings, and LOT Polish Airlines made the final selection for the paint scheme.
“LOT Polish Airlines was impressed by the high gloss of our
DESOTHANE HS/CA 8800 topcoat,” Maubach said. “The an-
niversary special livery is really an eye-catcher painted with PPG
coatings. They have to repaint some of their aircraft and want to
present LOT Polish Airlines with aircraft that have high gloss and
shine, so PPG will supply coatings for four more Embraer aircraft
to be repainted.”
Maubach said it was difficult for LOT to select colors for the
anniversary livery because only black-and-white historical photo-
graphs were available as resource. “We discussed with them the
possible colors we could produce to meet their expectations,”
he said. PPG Aerospace’s Central Europe application support
center in Hamburg, Germany, mixed six colors while PPG’s Gon-
freville, France, coatings facility supplied the semi-matte silver
color and clear topcoat.
DESOTHANE HS/CA 8800 topcoat provides outstanding
color and gloss retention, so the anniversary and repainted aircraft should maintain their appearance for years. It has a high-solids formulation that results in a lower percentage of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) and reduced weight because coverage is achieved with less material than traditional coatings.
P99 wash primer promotes excellent adhesion for chromate-free PAC33CF primer, which affords corrosion resistance. A clear
DESOTHANE high-solids topcoat applied over the semi-matte
silver provides maximum gloss.
Maubach praised the painting skill of LOTAMS. “This was an
intricate design, and LOTAMS did an excellent job.”
Coatings by PPG Industries’ aerospace business helped LOT Polish Airlines
(Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT) colorize the livery of an Embraer E175 jet
painted to celebrate the airline’s 85th anniversary. Working from black-and-white photographs, LOT and PPG officials created the colors for a retro
design honoring a historic livery and the airline’s original logo that featured
a representation of a crane in flight.
