Mark Try gun blue, you can get a smell kit @ WalMart or a gun store. It can rust with constant exposure to Moisture but does a good job of protecting against every day humidty ect. Thanks Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Langford <[email protected]> To: KR builders and pilots <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: Re: KR>chemical corrosion coating for 4130 steel?
> Mark Youkey wrote: > > > I looked in "The Science and Engineering of Materials" and found that > > perhaps the best way is to zinc plate the steel. > > Hey, I have that book too! Guess I should have opened it. > > Actually, I'm looking for something I can do at home, but I may have to go > that way. I also considered powder painting it, which is supposed to be > only .002" thick, but last time I had something coated it looked more like a > .100", and had runs all over it. They make home-brew kits, so that might be > an idea. But plating is a distinct possibility, assuming they can handle > something 8 feet long. Waxing may just get me there too, as long as I > inpect it every time the wings are off, and it'll make it operate with less > friction. Call me optimistic on this one... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html >
