This is basically a which came first, the chicken or the egg question...
I was thoroughly cleaning the aircraft belly yesterday and the paint was cracked where the skins overlap. But it's worse than that, I picked at it a bit and there was gunk under the paint for about 1/4 to 1/2 inch back. Obviously the grease, exhaust, dirt, etc has worked it's way in there over time.
My question to the experts out there, did having a dirty belly contribute to the cracking of the paint? Or did it crack first and the gunk then worked its way in? In other words, will keeping the belly clean avoid that cracking?
Thanks in advance,
-Jim
I was thoroughly cleaning the aircraft belly yesterday and the paint was cracked where the skins overlap. But it's worse than that, I picked at it a bit and there was gunk under the paint for about 1/4 to 1/2 inch back. Obviously the grease, exhaust, dirt, etc has worked it's way in there over time.
My question to the experts out there, did having a dirty belly contribute to the cracking of the paint? Or did it crack first and the gunk then worked its way in? In other words, will keeping the belly clean avoid that cracking?
Thanks in advance,
-Jim