Flying Naked

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Not me! The aircraft. My homebuilt is two years old, never painted,
and water spots are showing that won't wash off. I think they are very
mild corrosion from desert alkali or something. Anyway, I prefer no
paint, but not fancy polish or anything. What would you guys
recommend.
thanks,
tom

[J.Kahn]

wrote:
> Not me! The aircraft. My homebuilt is two years old, never painted,
> and water spots are showing that won't wash off. I think they are very
> mild corrosion from desert alkali or something. Anyway, I prefer no
> paint, but not fancy polish or anything. What would you guys
> recommend.
> thanks,
> tom
>

Polish.

No way around it.

John

[Drew Dalgleish]

On 9 Jan 2007 15:47:03 -0800, " >
wrote:

>Not me! The aircraft. My homebuilt is two years old, never painted,
>and water spots are showing that won't wash off. I think they are very
>mild corrosion from desert alkali or something. Anyway, I prefer no
>paint, but not fancy polish or anything. What would you guys
>recommend.
>thanks,
>tom
>
You can polish it lightly or to a mirror finish. but there's no other
solution that I know of. Once you have the spots off there is a
product called everbrite that may or may not seal the aluminum. I
haven't tried it but a local builder thar hasn't flown yet keeps
telling me it's a good thing.