Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:46 pm
I had my plane treated with Boeshield which is a Boeing product very similar to Corrosion-X and ACF-50. The shop who did my plane said in order to prevent or at least minimize weaping of the product from the plane, don't over-do it. Use the lightest fog you can and move thru the plane fairly quickly. Then repeat the treatment every year or so depending on the environmental conditions where the plane is stored and operated. Used properly it won't build up a messy layer.
As Steve previously noted, a small drop will grow to dinner plate size in a few days, it doesn't take much. This stuff creeps into and around every lap joint, rivit head, and coats sheet metal with a microscopic layer of dielectric film (insulator) that prevents electrolyte (usually moisture) from producing a corrosion cell between the metal and oxygen in the air. It will also get between existing corrosion and metal and stop the progress of the corrosion. It can literally save our planes, IMHO.
Richard
As Steve previously noted, a small drop will grow to dinner plate size in a few days, it doesn't take much. This stuff creeps into and around every lap joint, rivit head, and coats sheet metal with a microscopic layer of dielectric film (insulator) that prevents electrolyte (usually moisture) from producing a corrosion cell between the metal and oxygen in the air. It will also get between existing corrosion and metal and stop the progress of the corrosion. It can literally save our planes, IMHO.
Richard