I would recommend anodising all alloy parts and powder coating steel
parts (that don't need a precision fint into some other component). When
powder coating, ask for bead blasting NOT grit blasting (avoids stress
risers) and specify a corrosion proofing pre-tratment. The inside of
tubing can be protected with liquid corrosion inhibitors like ACF50,
Shell Ensis and others (after carfully cleaning out all post-powder
coating detritus).
The attached pdf gives you the UK specs for anodising (from your e-mail
address I guess that you are located in the UK).
Apart from anything else, well finished parts will increase the
"saleability" of you aircraft when you finally want to move on.
Nigel
On 09/07/2012 11:49, fireflier wrote:
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> What are the best options of providing corrosion protection to the steel parts
CS05 and CS10?
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> The parts I have in my kit don't have the gold zinc finish that they come with
now, mine are black in appearance and I would say need some form of protection.
My thoughts are to use hammerite paint, but would like to ask your opinions
and what you used to protect these parts during the build process?
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> Can I also ask if any of you provided corrosion protection to parts CS01,CS02,
CS03, CS07 and CS08? I know these parts are aluminum and therefore shouldn't
need to be protected.
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> I look forward to hearing your comments
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> Many thanks
> Donald
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=377726#377726
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