Have the coater mask any areas that will be in contact with other pieces for
two reasons: the stuff will flake or chip, and it is very thick, or at least
thick enough to that it could cause a fit problem in some cases (the main
gear legs on the Tri-Gear comes to mind). I left the nose gear assembly
fully assembled for the coating process because it is unlikely that I would
ever need to take it apart (if it needs work it really needs replacement).
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
-----Original Message-----
Behalf Of Fred Fillinger
Subject: Re: powder coating
> ...
> I had all our external wing bits coated with gloss white powder and
> it's just great stuff. I did alodine them first, and they also went
> through the 5 stage wash process before coating at the company that
> did it. I don't expect to have problems with it.
>
> Chris
>
This may be a dumb question, as no exp. with powder coat, but does the
area under a bolt head or nut have to removed? Like the attachment to
wing, where if the stuff fractured, bolt could eventually loosen?
Regards,
Fred F.
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