rusting powder coat

[Jake14]

My elevator and rudder supports have rust showing through the powder coat (see pic) It's not severe but I'd like to fix it. The mother ship appeared shocked that I would park an airplane outside (all parts were primed during assembly) Their only suggestion was to take it to a paint shop.

Just wondering if this is a common issue and what type of paint and technique would be best to fix it

https://imgur.com/zvmaVLw

[PaulvS]

See this thread for same topic:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ing+powdercoat

I think there are two options and both require removing the old powdercoat and rust first.

Option 1 is to take to a powdercoater and get the parts re-coated. (Maybe difficult for you because the supports look like they are riveted on.)

Option 2 is to paint with an epoxy primer and then a good quality topcoat.

In order to remove the old coating you can use paint stripper. Then sand off the rust back to clean bare metal.

Good luck.

[rvmv]

I?m also parked outside. After flying I spray a little Corrosion-X on the control surface joints. It stops the rust.