You are correct. I reviewed Dan's tape again last weekend and he relates a story of one customer who used safety-poxy to join the skins. Apparently the customer "bumped" them after they were cured and they cracked along the seam. The customer then peeled them off the airplane! Stephen
-----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of da...@alltel.net Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:19 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: RE: KR> diehl wing skins My experience says that Epoxy does not bond well to VE. When we are talking wings, use VE and nothing else. I am sure that is what Dan Diehl would recommend. If you rough it up enough, epoxy will make a bond, but I don't think it good enough to trust to your wings. Dan H. From: larry severson <lar...@socal.rr.com> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: 2005/11/10 Thu AM 10:03:18 CST To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Subject: RE: KR> diehl wing skins >The skins are made from Vinyl Ester Resin. You must use Vinyl Ester >Resin for any and all glue work that touches the skins. You must >not use epoxy to glue the Vinyl Ester skins. Epoxy will not bond to >cured Vinyl Ester. You have that backwards. Vinyl ester will not bond with epoxy. Epoxy bonds beautifully with VE according to the composites chair at Cerritos College (rated the best composite training school in the U.S. by Composites Manufacturing Magazine). Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com _______________________________________ 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 _______________________________________ 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
