Thank you all for your responses. I'll look at that video and research further into alodine for the aluminum. -Seth
On 12/26/2011 8:45 PM, smwood wrote: > For aluminum protection: Watch the EAA Hints for Homebuilders video and do > what Brian Carpenter says. It works! > http://www.eaavideo.org/channel.aspx?ch=ch_hints > > Anodize is the best (and pricey) aluminum treatment, but next best is > alodine and doable by anyone right on your work bench at home. > Zinc chromate is a good primer for a finish coat of a spray paint, but next > to worthless for aluminum metal protection. Powder coat is a great looking > finish and will provide excellent protection as long as the surface does not > crack or get scratched to the bare metal. Corrosion can then happily eat > away under the best looking part and you will not know it until the paint > can no longer support the load that the metal used to carry. > > Sid Wood > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > Mechanicsville, MD, USA > smw...@md.metrocast.net >
