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My plan was to use Jeffco fuel tank sealer on the bottom of this area as it should be highly resistant to hydraulic fluid, you can't see the ugly gray on the inside of the bottom skins, and that's where the fluid would puddle.  On the inside of the top skins (which only fellow Lancair builders see) and the cockpit closeout rib (which is visible to more people) I was going to use Zolatone.  I'm expecting Zolatone is sturdy enough to protect against splashes of (not puddled) hydraulic fluid, water and mud.  I'll paint the inside bottom before gluing on the stub wing skin.

FWIW, I'm painting Jeffco fuel tank sealer on the inside floor of the plane from the firewall to the seat back, but only in areas where there aren't already 2BID applied (i.e. I won't do it between the consoles).  I had the opportunity to see the results of a hydraulic pump leak and there was fluid all over the place.  It would be good to keep this stuff from soaking into the core.  If you have brakes, you'll spill brake fluid, if you have hy
draulic lines, you'll spill hydraulic fluid, etc., at some time or another.

- Rob Wolf

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