SteFree RV-8
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Greetings Fellow Builders,
I am wondering what RV builders use for corrosion protection?
I am just starting my RV-8 build. My plane will live in a hangar and I am no where near a coast and living in Phoenix, AZ.
On two previous metal airplane builds I have tried/used Zinc Chromate from AC Spruce in their spray cans but too many times I would spray one time and the darn can would clog. I have used aluminum PRIMER purchased from O'Reilly Auto Parts and this seems to apply well but I don't know if it is truly effective to our mission.
Finally, I have never seen so much as a spot of corrosion on aluminum parts on my current plane but that is built almost entirely with 6061-T6 which I have been told has built in corrosion protection not available in the AL that Van's uses. I will admit to not knowing of that is fact or fiction.
Any thoughts and opinions on this topic are very much appreciated.
Steve
I am wondering what RV builders use for corrosion protection?
I am just starting my RV-8 build. My plane will live in a hangar and I am no where near a coast and living in Phoenix, AZ.
On two previous metal airplane builds I have tried/used Zinc Chromate from AC Spruce in their spray cans but too many times I would spray one time and the darn can would clog. I have used aluminum PRIMER purchased from O'Reilly Auto Parts and this seems to apply well but I don't know if it is truly effective to our mission.
Finally, I have never seen so much as a spot of corrosion on aluminum parts on my current plane but that is built almost entirely with 6061-T6 which I have been told has built in corrosion protection not available in the AL that Van's uses. I will admit to not knowing of that is fact or fiction.
Any thoughts and opinions on this topic are very much appreciated.
Steve