Jan,
I'm building my Europa in Brussels and had the same problem as you in
sourcing Zinc Chromate paint. I spoke with Light Aero in the UK but,
although the paint was only GBP 6.50 a can, the postage was GBP 20.00 *plus*
GBP 35.00 because it is classed as hazardous goods!!
Because I have a very small brain it was only sometime later that I thought
to ask the maintenance organisation that looks after the aeroplane I am
currently flying (a C172) until my Europa is completed. They are at Antwerp
airport and are very happy to supply Zinc Chromate and probably the other
items you're looking for. In addition, the guy I spoke to (who is retired
now but used to own the business - he still works there a couple of
afternoons a week though) is an inspector for homebuilts in Belgium and has
loads of good advice. Even better, they are quite happy to allow you to use
their tools (such as rivet guns for assembling the aileron controls - that's
the stage I'm at at the moment) as long as you bring the parts to them;
understandably they won't let the tools 'off-site'.
Contact me off-list if you need more info.
Simon Miles
Builder #508
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan de Jong" <jan.de.jong@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Chromates in continental NW Europe?
> A question to builders in Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Germany and France:
> what have you done for corrosion prevention?
> After trying hard I have not managed to stumble across a place in the area
> of continental N.W. Europe that sells the environmentally unfriendly
> chromate containing metal surface treatments: - Aluprep / Aluwash / Metal
> Prep / Deoxydine.
> - Alodine / Alocrome,
> - epoxy chromate primer,
> - zinc chromate primer / zinc oxide primer,
> - chromate jointing compound / JC5A / Duralac.
> In the U.S. there is Aircraft Spruce, among others; in the U.K. there is
> Silmid, also among others. But shipping abroad is impossible or very
> expensive.
> Is there a place in the general area of the Netherlands where the nasty
> stuff is sold in small quantities (from under the counter if need be)?
>
> Jan de Jong
> #461
> (now started building in earnest)
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