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Hi Steve. I have a polished Coupe and got it with the underside painted. The underside of the wings and the belly are all painted in some light grey, which is barely visible. That saves me a lot of work when polishing. I would not reskin the plane, that seems to me too much work and you end up having the same problem in some time. Anodizing changes the color of the aluminum - you might as well paint it. Check out my plane here : http://www.ercoupe.net/M1/N3330H.html You can not tell that it is painted . Hartmut ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ercoupe Technical Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 2:40 PM Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Re: Digest list: Ercoupe Technical Discussion (moderated) > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Now that I am close to getting my coupe back in the air I am already > looking at the next project to spruce up the aircraft. > > The plane was stripped a number of years ago and I am trying to keep it that > way. > > But I notice the main belly skin is strarting to get quite pitted. How > difficult (read costly) is it to replace the skin. > > Also...what can I do to improve the corrosion protection with out painting. > How does one "alodine" something and how difficult is it to use. > > What tips can others provide in maintaining the more hard-hit parts of a > polished coupe? > > Steve Finkelman C-FIWR > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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