N546RV
Well Known Member
This is really starting to annoy me. I left the tailspring for my -8 bare for a long time because it was serving as a rear pivot point for my rotisseries setup. I figured a good coat of epoxy primer was what I needed, but didn't want it to get rubbed off from me rolling the fuse around, so I just dealt with periodically cleaning off rust spots.
When I finally decided I was done with the rotisserie late last year, I immediately gave the spring a good cleaning and shot 2K epoxy primer on it. I figured I was finally done with the rust issue, but today I noticed rust spots blooming through the primer.
Surely some other folks have dealt with this issue. Are folks powder coating the spring? Painting it? Maybe I should have given it a topcoat after the primer? I figured that was kinda a waste since the plane will get painted down the road, but I'm about at my wit's end with this.
When I finally decided I was done with the rotisserie late last year, I immediately gave the spring a good cleaning and shot 2K epoxy primer on it. I figured I was finally done with the rust issue, but today I noticed rust spots blooming through the primer.
Surely some other folks have dealt with this issue. Are folks powder coating the spring? Painting it? Maybe I should have given it a topcoat after the primer? I figured that was kinda a waste since the plane will get painted down the road, but I'm about at my wit's end with this.