Posted by There’s a lot of debate about corrosion protection. As I have a quick build kit many of the parts are already treated with Alodine at the factory. However, for the empennage flaps and ailerons, I am on my own. After a lot of studies, I decided since I live on a rainy island in the Atlantic, that I needed to do something.
Elected to use Aerowave 2001 primer. It’s not intended for general public use, so spent a lot of time studying the safety sheet and also learning about respirator types and specifications. I needed some decent personal protective equipment. The main one being a good full-face respirator with the correct filters. That is both a vapour filter (for the VOC’s) and a very fine dust filter for paint droplets. So an A2 for VOC’s plus a P3 filter, also known as (EN149) FFP3 or N99 in USA. (Note P2 or FFP2 (Europe) or N95 (USA) or KN95 (China) are lower specification and not suitable). I used a full face respirator to give sufficient Assigned Protection Factor. Went with a 3M 6000 series respirator. Not wanting to risk my exposure to chromates to a fake mask or filters. Also used a full paper suit and a good (Vevor 200 mm) extractor fan with 10m of hose to poke out of the window.
