Thanks for the input, Gents. It appears there has been a change of
materials. Mine are steel, zinc coated with a chromic passivation (no, I'm
not an expert on coatings, I asked the factory :-) ) that gives them a
golden appearance similar to the cadmium on many AN fittings.
To be clear, these are the tubes under the seats and the tubes inside those.
I'd have to dig it out to check, but I think the pitch torque tube is the
same, too.
I've got some PolyFiber Metal Prime to hand, so unless someone has any
brilliant ideas, I guess I'll try that... Powder coating is out as the rear
bearings are already installed and, having removed and rebonded one last
night (acquiring numerous burns on my fingers in the process - must buy some
leather gloves), I ain't doin' that again in a hurry!
Cheers,
Jeremy
Jeremy Davey
Europa XS Monowheel 537M G-EZZA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
DuaneFamly@aol.com
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Primer for Zn-coated steel
I concur with Rob on the tubes being aluminum. Your magnet test will be
conclusive. I chose to take most of the tubing from the kit and sent it out
to be
powder coated. They will clean and coat it and you should never have a
problem.
You can also pick a nice color. The cost to me was about $80 US and three
days time. Make sure you mask off the bottom of the control sticks where
they go
into the CS01 with CS16b spacer. It's a snug fit to begin with.
Mike Duane A207
Redding, California
XS Trigear
|