When bbuying vinyl ester also get the styrene suppressant "BYK S-750" It reduces the styrene odour 70 -90%. Add between o.3 and 1%. You will have much better relations with your wife and your neighbours. W.G.(Bill) KIRKLAND wkirkl...@rogers.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wood, Sidney M." <smw...@titan.com> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:11 PM Subject: RE: KR>And buy vinyl-ester only when you are ready to use it. It hasa relative short shelf life.
> Vinyl-ester in the promated state as you would buy it from Wicks or A/C Spruce has an advertised shelf life of three months. I have stretched that to six months by keeping it in a refrigerator; your results may vary. Vinyl-ester resin puts out lots of styrene fumes when you add the catalyst - good way to turn your workshop/garage/house into a gas chamber. MEKP is the catalyst commonly used. This stuff looks like clear water, but will work like concentrated sulfuric acid if you get it in your eyes. The literature says "blindness in 4 seconds". (Who that was tested on is not stated.) > A fresh air breathing system is definitely recommended, along with eye and skin protection. > On the plus side: it's about half the price of epoxy, works the same, has about the same cured strength, but has been formulated to be gasoline proof for auto gas, 100 LL, gasohol, etc. > Sid Wood, KR-2 N6242 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Heath [mailto:da...@alltel.net] > Sent: Thu 10/30/2003 3:35 PM > To: kr...@mylist.net > Cc: > Subject: KR>And buy vinyl-ester only when you are ready to use it. It has a relative short shelf life. > > > > RE > > And buy vinyl-ester only when you are ready to use it. It has a relative > > short shelf life. > > > > > > And only if you have to use it. It is not for normal consumption. Research > it well first. > > > > N64KR > > > > Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC > > > > da...@kr-builder.org > > > > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering > > > > See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic > > See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html >
