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Protecting small piece of aluminum from corrosion

I have a small piece of aluminum (about 6 inches), that I need to protect from corrosion. What can I use, and can I get it in a small spray can, and where can I get it. Afterwards I need to spray it with a Silver Metallic paint. It is to mount some LED lights on a motorcycle.

Brian Tschabold
Hobbyist - Buckley, Washington
November 23, 2010

Hi, Brian.

The silver colored paint will provide some corrosion protection. Possible pretreatments that are environmentally acceptable for consumer application include phosphatizing, which can be roughly done with a spray can of "rust converter ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] ", or a priming with two-part epoxy paint. Good luck.

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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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