Alodine elevator parts
Just like I said, I got all of the elevator and trim tab parts alodined this evening (minus the skins). I used my dip trough for the first time. I must say that it worked quite well. It is about five feet long and eight inches wide. I used two gallons of alodine (actually PPG DX503). I have a third gallon just in case I needed it. When all was done, I was able to easily return all of the alodine to the gallon jugs that they came in. You may notice that I didn’t secure the plastic sheet in the trough, so when done, I just tipped one end off the end of the bench to a jug with a funnel in it. For the very long parts (spars), when I took them out of the dip, I just ran them out to the hose and lightly sprayed them off with water. All of the other parts I just dipped in a bucket of water on the way to the drying tray.
This evening was one of those where I had to tell myself that I really needed to just do something on the airplane each evening because it isn’t going to build itself. I’m hoping (no problem) to finish up the empennage with a few days to spare before the wing kit gets here in mid-late February.
Next up, the last primer session of the empennage!
