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One coat paint for aluminum?
Howdy,
I'm building a Savannah, and I want to keep the weight down. I'm only planning to paint some odd shapes on the plane and leave the rest bare aluminum. Since the plane is a simple, crude little creature, I can't see spending a bunch of time and money on these paint accents. So my question is: Can you direct me to a source of paint for aluminum that does not need a primer, but just sprays right on the metal? thanks, tom pettit |
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Will anodising work for this?
It does provide some corrosion protection. Does anyone know? Peter |
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In article , "Bushy"
wrote: Anodizing is a wet electrolytic process that requires tanks and all sorts of fancy stuff. Definitely too much work and expense for what I'm contemplating. thanks for the idea, though, tom Will anodising work for this? It does provide some corrosion protection. Does anyone know? Peter |
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In article , Darrel Toepfer wrote:
I want to cover more area than a rub on would be likely to find. Also, some compound curves would be tough to do. Thanks for the idea. Where would one go to get this, if I want to add some smaller accents? tom Rub on vinyl decals seem to be the easiest to do... |
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Try good old acrylic house paint, give it rub with some fine sand paper ,
clean surface with meths, and WALLAH. I've had people paint their aluminium boats with this stuff and it's a real "****" to get off for any welding job! And that is with no prep at all. Handles the knocks aswell. Cheers Cam |
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wrote in message ... Howdy, I'm building a Savannah, and I want to keep the weight down. I'm only planning to paint some odd shapes on the plane and leave the rest bare aluminum. Since the plane is a simple, crude little creature, I can't see spending a bunch of time and money on these paint accents. So my question is: Can you direct me to a source of paint for aluminum that does not need a primer, but just sprays right on the metal? thanks, tom pettit Scothcbrite the metal and use RattleCan APPLIANCE EPOXY. This stuff sticks, is very hard and after it cures, damn durable. Limited color selection, but really good stuff. Scott. |
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