Mike,
The adequacy of Alodyne on its own is likely to depend where you are planning to
fly. There's a lot of salt in the air near the coast and corrosion is inevitable
over time unless there is good protection.
The identification of parts is relatively easy to sort out from the diagrams in
the manuals -- the main problem with powder coating is that you have to mask
all the areas where there will be a joint as the coating is rrelatively thick
and not particularly easy to rework without destroying its integrity. In some
cases (bellcranks are an example), this is not really a practical proposition.
I have used zinc oxide (reputed to be as effective as zink chromate but safer to
use) applied by spray can in light coats for the more inaccessible parts --
time alone will tell how effective this will be.
Best regards,
Nick Hammond
XS Mono 418
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Subject: Aluminum Prep
I'm just getting into the wings on my XS Trigear. All of the aluminum parts
that I have used so far were being bonded into the epoxy. So I used DX503
Metal Cleaner followed by DX533 Alodine. But now I'm getting into parts that
are gonna be inside the wings but not inside epoxy. Bellcranks and arms and
stuff. Is this cleaner/alodine prep sufficient or should everything now also
be powder coated or zinc cromated? I guess the same could be asked for all
the metal stuff inside the fuselage. If all this stuff were to be taken some
place to have them do the coating all at once, how do you know what parts are
what part number when you get them back?
Not wanting to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks in advance.
Mike
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