Epoxy primer
Has anyone just used a good epoxy primer for both the exposed and unexposed steel parts? What I mean is primed is done as far as a finished color. Fuse with no interior, internal steel wing parts, gear, hangers, hinges, everything. I'm not building a show plane. I'm assuming the self etching epoxy primers dry in a flat gloss. Flat hides a lot of imperfections and is easy to touch up. I don't want to build something disposable, but if it will keep the steel from rusting for a reasonable amount of time and keep it light, that's all I am after. I like the thought of primer and done. I can likely spray primer on and not screw it up. Maybe the right thing to do is to buy what I'm going to use everywhere else so everything is the same color when I get to the bigger steel items.
By the way, I just noticed how to thank people who give me advice on this wonderful spot by clicking a button. I read and appreciate it all. Forum stuff is new to me. I haven't wanted to ramble, but I don't want to say too little either.
Thanks again,
Jim
Has anyone just used a good epoxy primer for both the exposed and unexposed steel parts? What I mean is primed is done as far as a finished color. Fuse with no interior, internal steel wing parts, gear, hangers, hinges, everything. I'm not building a show plane. I'm assuming the self etching epoxy primers dry in a flat gloss. Flat hides a lot of imperfections and is easy to touch up. I don't want to build something disposable, but if it will keep the steel from rusting for a reasonable amount of time and keep it light, that's all I am after. I like the thought of primer and done. I can likely spray primer on and not screw it up. Maybe the right thing to do is to buy what I'm going to use everywhere else so everything is the same color when I get to the bigger steel items.
By the way, I just noticed how to thank people who give me advice on this wonderful spot by clicking a button. I read and appreciate it all. Forum stuff is new to me. I haven't wanted to ramble, but I don't want to say too little either.
Thanks again,
Jim