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Offline pappyadkins

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XL fuselage, should I treat the inside of the tubing
« on: July 09, 2022, 04:30:20 AM »
I’m about to weld up my fuselage and was wondering if I need to treat the inside of my tubing or just paint the exterior.
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Offline Chuck in Indiana

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Re: XL fuselage, should I treat the inside of the tubing
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2022, 04:22:35 AM »
Best practice is to treat the inside of the tubing. I didn't. (shrug)
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Re: XL fuselage, should I treat the inside of the tubing
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2022, 08:16:08 AM »
Same here...  maybe should... dint do it. (Shrug) (Shrug)
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Re: XL fuselage, should I treat the inside of the tubing
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2022, 09:10:10 AM »
Got me thinking. I *have* some tubing oil. I could do the bottom longerons and plug the hole with a pop rivet. They're the most important.
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Re: XL fuselage, should I treat the inside of the tubing
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2022, 04:30:32 PM »
After my experience repairing a damaged fuselage that had oil in the tubes, I'm not going there! Think mini flamethrower at the weld joint. I didn't realize that the oil was there until it erupted.
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Offline DA Miller

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Re: XL fuselage, should I treat the inside of the tubing
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2022, 06:13:12 PM »
I don't need no stinking oil in my tubes.
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