Quick building question

[Terry Brox]

My only suggestion is to be careful with anything that will attack foam. If whatever you use would happen to soak through a "worm" hole of something in the wood, it would not be pretty.

BTW are you flying the Sequal yet?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Mears 
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  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 9:54 AM
  Subject: Re: Quick building question


  Can  acetone ne used to cut epoxy ?

  Terry Brox wrote:

The view was certainly proof of that  LOL
----- Original Message -----
From: "wgalligan" <wgalligan at cnbcom.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Quick building question


  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



  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.
  
  Gray Fowler
  Principal Chemical Engineer
  Composites Engineering


       "Steve Barlow" <stevebarlow at attbi.com>
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        05/06/2003 10:10 PM
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  Guys,

  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.
    Thanks,
  Steve


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