The In‐Situ Pretreatment of Aluminium Surfaces for Repainting

Abstract

FOR whatever reason — general wear and tear, change of livery, or metallographic inspection procedures — aircraft are repainted. This is a fact of life that many would wish fictional, since the job is not one which could be described as the cleanest in the world, nor the most pleasant. A typical refurbishment process sequence could be simplified into eight steps: paint stripping; rinsing; cleaning; rinsing; pre‐treatment; rinsing; drying and repainting. This short article deals only with one aspect of the sequence — the pretreatment.

Citation

Higgins BSc, G.M. (1986), "The In‐Situ Pretreatment of Aluminium Surfaces for Repainting", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 58 No. 1, pp. 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036211