On 3/4/2014 8:19 PM, Mark Langford wrote:
> Tony King wrote:
>
>>>
>
> I think a lot of the fear and loathing of fiberglass construction
> arises from people's experience with polyester resin from the auto
> parts or department store. That stuff stinks, has a very short time
> to cure, and is very sensitive to warm temperatures, such as your
> hands. If you mix up any usable quantity, it starts setting before
> you even get it squeegeed into the fabric, and then you've got a
> sticky smelly mess on your hands. You can't even let go of it because
> it's stuck to your hands and is unmanageable. I suspect we all
> learned about "fiberglass layups" like this, but today's aero-type
> epoxies have working times like 30 minutes, and even then, you have
> plenty of warning that you need to be finishing up or moving further
> on. After a while you learn that for big stuff like wings, you need
> to do it in the cool of the day to give yourself plenty of working
> time. No biggie.
>
>
> Mark Langford
> ML at N56ML.com
> website at http://www.N56ML.com
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Aircraft Spruce and Wicks sold a practice Fibreglass try out kit.
> Cheep enough to have a go at it.
Check with them and go for it, Virg
>
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