Quick building question

[wgalligan]

I think he os leaning more towards the "something" thing.
WG

 > Are you an epoxy expert or something?  LOL
> BTW, Your new contest mate sure has a cute, um, shoe. LOL 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Gray E Fowler 
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 8:41 AM
>   Subject: Re: Quick building question
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>   Steve- Rubbing alcohol is a mixture of isopropyl and and water. Water > bad. Epoxy hate water.......Plus amines (the epoxy hardener) really do > not dissolve well in isopropyl. You are better off with methanol or > denatured alcohol which is ethanol with a nasty taste killer so you > won't drink untaxed alcohol.I do not know what epoxy you are using, but > that center reinforcement is easy without cutting the viscosity. Bring > it to my house I have lots of low viscosity resins.  
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>   Gray Fowler
>   Principal Chemical Engineer
>   Composites Engineering 
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>        "Steve Barlow" <stevebarlow at attbi.com> 
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>         05/06/2003 10:10 PM 
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>   Guys, 
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>   I'm doing the fiberglass reinforcement over the balsa sheeting where > the main wings are joined on a .60 size kit.  Can I use rubbing alcohol > to cut the epoxy with to thin it just a bit?  Do you think that would > cause me any problems?  It sure would make it easier. 
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>   Thanks, 
>   Steve 
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