This thread sounds like it has some relationship to to POR-15
POR-15 is extremely tough and they also have TOPCOAT that is UV Protected.
If the surface is prepared well, the POR-15 will flow with a brush until it
appears as smooth as Powder Coat.
John!...Airplanes! Long term EAA member here...we likely will have more to
talk about at Hallett.
Joe (A)
> Bob:
>
> Back in the day when I used to restore antique airplanes many people were
> starting to powder-coat steel tubing fuselage structures. The problem was
> that the structure could crack under the coating and you'd never know it.
> Chipping of powder coating was not a problem. There are several grades of
> coat and they are really tough! I have personally been invited to wail away
> on a tube with a ball-peen hammer and it didn't even dent it.
>
> If you are using a bolt-in roll bar, I'd say go for it. It would look good,
> and it's maintenance-free.
>
> John
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