---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 07/31/12: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:21 AM - Riveting to a paintesd surface (Ralph E. Capen) 2. 09:39 AM - Re: Riveting to a paintesd surface (Brian Huffaker) 3. 10:12 AM - Re: Riveting to a paintesd surface (Carl Froehlich) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:21:54 AM PST US From: "Ralph E. Capen" Subject: RV-List: Riveting to a paintesd surface I am getting ready to add a doubler plate for an antenna I will be installing on the underside of my fuselage. It is already painted. My initial thoughts were to rivet as though the paint was not there and paint the rivets after. Not concerned about electrical bonding of the ground plane as I will be taking care of that inside the fuselage. Will the paint affect the compression strength of the rivets? Thoughts please, Ralph ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:39:58 AM PST US From: Brian Huffaker Subject: Re: RV-List: Riveting to a paintesd surface On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, Ralph E. Capen wrote: > > I am getting ready to add a doubler plate for an antenna I will be >installing on the underside of my fuselage. > It is already painted. > > My initial thoughts were to rivet as though the paint was not there and >paint the rivets after. Not concerned about electrical bonding of the >ground plane as I will be taking care of that inside the fuselage. > > Will the paint affect the compression strength of the rivets? I doubt it would be significant. Don't most of us rivit primed parts? Not much different between that and paint. Brian Huffaker, DSWL (bifft@xmission.com) RV-8A 80091 planning panel 1/4 Starduster II N23UT flying ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:12:09 AM PST US From: Carl Froehlich Subject: Re: RV-List: Riveting to a paintesd surface Or, don't rivet. You can use the antenna mounting hardware to hold the doubler plate in, and add an adhesive between the inside of the skin and the doubler plate. WRT electrical bonding, remember the objective is to achieve an RF ground, not necessarily a DC ground. Doing as I suggest above will provide the RF ground. Carl On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:21 PM, "Ralph E. Capen" wrote: > > I am getting ready to add a doubler plate for an antenna I will be installing on the underside of my fuselage. > It is already painted. > > My initial thoughts were to rivet as though the paint was not there and paint the rivets after. Not concerned about electrical bonding of the ground plane as I will be taking care of that inside the fuselage. > > Will the paint affect the compression strength of the rivets? > > Thoughts please, > Ralph > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.