How do you hold onto a large, 2.6" diameter nose cone for spray painting? Here's one way.
If you don't have any scrap 2.6" diameter tubing -
110 lb. cardstock was taped and rolled around to cover the shoulder.
This gives you a stiff "tube" to hold onto the nose cone for horizontal spray painting.
How to stand up the nose cone while the paint dries?
A spray can will slide into the bottom open end of the cardstock wrap.
The weight of the can makes a stable drying stand.
Regarding the Aerotech nose cones -
Be sure to rough up the plastic surface before painting or the paint may not stick and could chip off!
Plastic and fiberglass nosecones, can benefit from a thorough cleaning with detergent and water. Greased Lightning works well. Consider also an adhesion promoter such as available from Duplicolor for difficult surfaces like polypropylene.
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