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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / June 2004Painting a Runway Centerline
We paint a centerline on our grass runway but as you can imagine it has to be renewed every couple of months. We are looking for suggestions (serious) on how to make a more permanent centerline....short of paving and painting. Phil AMA609 On 6/2/2004 8:19 AM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge: This is labor intensive, but will work. Take some 2x12 PRESSURE TREATED lumber, paint it a contrasting color (Yellow, maybe white). Lay out a C/L on the runway with string. Dig down and remove the sod and loosen the soil underneath it. Bring in some pea stone for a sub surface and tamp down to make a firm base. You want the wood to be flush or just a little above the surface of the ground. This will last for years and allow mowing, it is also wide enough to be visibly seen. You could probably do the same thing in a PVC, although I don't know how well the fastening stakes/pins will hold it for long periods of time. The weight of the wood will hold it down pretty well. Hope this is of some help. > We paint a centerline on our grass runway but as you can imagine it > has to be renewed every couple of months. We are looking for > suggestions (serious) on how to make a more permanent > centerline....short of paving and painting. > > Phil AMA609 Back in the old days, when we set up volleyball rectangles, we burned them with gas...... drip gas along a string, then light it.. (but not before the guy with the gas can finishes).... lot easier than painting. And lasts a month, at least. . Arne, USA (I finally caught up with 'The Joneses') . . > On 6/2/2004 8:19 AM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great > (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge: > > This is labor intensive, but will work. A better way might be spraying with vegetation killer..... will leave a brown strip down the center, and you don't have to light it. . Arne, USA (I finally caught up with 'The Joneses') . . > Back in the old days, when we set up volleyball rectangles, we burned them > with gas...... drip gas along a string, then light it.. (but not before the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > This is labor intensive, but will work. Yeah, but then you will have to deal with wind erosion. We did that and it took 15 years for it to go away. > A better way might be spraying with vegetation killer..... will leave a > brown strip down the center, and you don't have to light it. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > > > This is labor intensive, but will work. Not sure how much wind erosion you can get on a 4-5" wide strip. You guys must have heavy wind.. . Arne, USA (I finally caught up with 'The Joneses') . . > Yeah, but then you will have to deal with wind erosion. We did that and it > took 15 years for it to go away. Nah, it just went right down the centerline most of the time. Something about being aligned with the prevailing winds I think. <G> > Not sure how much wind erosion you can get on a 4-5" wide strip. You guys > must have heavy wind.. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > it > > took 15 years for it to go away. We use creosote, a petroleum based product for waterproofing wooden sheds and fences, applied with a garden spray close to the ground. It kills the grass and stains the soil dark brown, producing a stripe about 4 inches wide. It survives rain and mowing for about 6 months before it just about disappears and needs redoing. Kevin > We paint a centerline on our grass runway but as you can imagine it > has to be renewed every couple of months. We are looking for > suggestions (serious) on how to make a more permanent > centerline....short of paving and painting. > > Phil AMA609 Roundup! -- Paul McIntosh http://www.rc-bearings.com > We paint a centerline on our grass runway but as you can imagine it > has to be renewed every couple of months. We are looking for > suggestions (serious) on how to make a more permanent > centerline....short of paving and painting. > > Phil AMA609 > We are looking for >> suggestions (serious) on how to make a more permanent >> centerline....short of paving and painting. Over time, the use of lime will harden the ground and become pretty permanent. Do it like the field liners do it! You can get a hand liner or a wheel type and do a pretty decent job of it. Good luck! FredD Paving stones or similar.  SignatureFubar of The HillPeople AMA605992 KE6ERB http://www.fubar1.net "I've heard the screams of the vegetables." > We paint a centerline on our grass runway but as you can imagine it > has to be renewed every couple of months. We are looking for > suggestions (serious) on how to make a more permanent > centerline....short of paving and painting. > > Phil AMA609 |
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