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Powder Coating Fuselage

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takair

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I’m sure this is discussed somewhere, but couldn’t get the right search words. Is it common to powder coat all of the steel parts on an old S1? There is a large powder coating facility local to me and they can fit the fuselage. They “sand blast”, mask/plug, then coat. They heat the coated parts to 420F for 20 minutes. Is there any risk with doing this? Any considerations? I don’t have a quote yet, but was told it is significantly less than of they painted it.
 

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