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Here is a question that hasn't been tackled:
I own an aluminum glider with discoloration on the aluminum along the cockpit rails. My best guess is that years of post-flight armpit sweat has put salt on the rails causing a little corrosion on the surface.
I'd like to alodine it as a base for grey primer.
1) How do I alodine a cockpit rail without getting the prep, alodine, or rinse all into the cockpit or down the side of the painted glider?
2) What masking tape could be used? (What is used on completed aircraft around Windows that stands up to all the toxic stuff during repainting? Foil tape?)
3) If I have to rinse the alodine afterward, can I use wet rags instead? It doesn't need to be pretty, just good sweat protection and a base for the primer?
4) Can self etching primer be put into the alodined rails?
HELP!
THANKS!
I own an aluminum glider with discoloration on the aluminum along the cockpit rails. My best guess is that years of post-flight armpit sweat has put salt on the rails causing a little corrosion on the surface.
I'd like to alodine it as a base for grey primer.
1) How do I alodine a cockpit rail without getting the prep, alodine, or rinse all into the cockpit or down the side of the painted glider?
2) What masking tape could be used? (What is used on completed aircraft around Windows that stands up to all the toxic stuff during repainting? Foil tape?)
3) If I have to rinse the alodine afterward, can I use wet rags instead? It doesn't need to be pretty, just good sweat protection and a base for the primer?
4) Can self etching primer be put into the alodined rails?
HELP!
THANKS!