X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:18:28 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from raven.ravenwebhosting.com ([72.9.254.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.7) with ESMTPS id 4344700 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:31:16 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.9.254.67; envelope-from=paul@tbm700.com Received: from 208.36.91.184.cfl.res.rr.com ([184.91.36.208]:57381 helo=[192.168.1.101]) by raven.ravenwebhosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON905-0007qK-Aq for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:30:41 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Subject: Re: [LML] Re: discolored paint mystery From: paul miller In-Reply-To: X-Original-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:30:37 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Message-Id: <9AC0AA06-18EA-4E98-869D-7F81EE4440B3@tbm700.com> References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - raven.ravenwebhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tbm700.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: No expert here but I did study the paint procedures for the radome on = one of my aircraft. No metal can be in the radome area on in the paint = itself. Possibly in your case, something like Chromium in the primer = or other metals might heat and discolor when agitated by microwaves. = I think a quick call to the Raytheon or Honeywell radar guys would be = instructive, they've always been helpful in the past. Paul N357V=