I have 75 hours on my KR-2S. I use West System for all the wood joints and it shows no sign off falling apart. Before I started to build I consulted an A&P who specializes restoring antique airplanes and has built or helped build at least 3 Pietenpols. I did mix a little flox with the epoxy. Joe Weber 937JW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildr...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: KR> west system
> Mark L. wrote- > >>This gives the impression that Aeropoxy is smelly. I have to stick >>my nose pretty close to it to smell it at all (without a respirator) > > Roger that! I worked with Aeropoxy in my garage (connected to my house) > for > several years, doing large layups, and never a whimper from my wife or > daughters. But just let me spray paint a metal fitting or open a can of > solvent and I'd hear about it within 5 minutes. Aeropoxy really is mild. > >>I don't think a pump can match that kind of accuracy, >>especially after it gets a few years on it. > > The pumps used with West Systems are like the ketchup and mustard > dispensers > at the burger place... you have one pump per container, pump down on each > and get a shot of each. The stroke on each pump (resin and hardner) are > different, as are the plunger sizes, so you just pump equal pumps of each > and get a perfect ratio every time. It's not the metering type of pump > that > draws from two containers into one outlet. > > I use the West System pumps for my Aeropoxy (with the proper size pumps to > get the exact Aeropoxy ratio). I love it. You pump as much or as little > as > you need, no weighing, no eyeballing. If you're at the end of a layup and > haven't mixed enough, you just walk over and pump some more and mix it > up... > again, no mess and no weighing. As someone else mentioned, you just need > to > make sure to keep the containers full so you don't suck air into the pumps > and not get a full stroke of the pump. Picture of my pumps at > http://flysquirrel.net/pumps01.jpg > > This is another thread that has come up repeatedly on this list ("will a > plane built with West System fall apart?") and it's the old "less > filling... > more taste" argument over and over again ;o) > > Oscar Zuniga > San Antonio, TX > mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com > website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
