I am doing my 15th condition inspection and I noticed what looked like a crack between two of the outbd elevator hinge fitting rivets on the fixed horizontal tail side. I took off the elevator to inspect and it was actually a crack in the paint. In fact the paint just easily chipped off down to the steel. I could easily chip off large flakes.
Those fittings had red primer on them when they came from Vans and I painted over with two part PPG primer and top coat. It is not my paint chipping off of red primer but instead what is letting loose is the red primer off of the steel. I noticed I have similar chipping on other steel fittings.
Anybody else having issues with paint chipping off the steel fittings even with top coat over them?
Those fittings had red primer on them when they came from Vans and I painted over with two part PPG primer and top coat. It is not my paint chipping off of red primer but instead what is letting loose is the red primer off of the steel. I noticed I have similar chipping on other steel fittings.
Anybody else having issues with paint chipping off the steel fittings even with top coat over them?