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Use fuel for your test if you can, just to be conservative. Test for
alcohol, then pour it into jar.
-al wick
Way to be thorough Wendell! I encourage the mason jar test too, just to
make sure.
-al wick
I did put a cured sample into a jar of
de-natured alcohol for a few weeks and no softness, I don't know how
that would compare to fuel with alcohol but couldn't find any gasahol to
expirement with. Anyone care to guess as to comparison of
results?
Wendell
I'm building with epoxy and was using West
Systems because the boat people recommend it for fuel tanks. Out of
curiosity, I e-mailed West Systems questioning the use of their epoxy with
fuel with alcohol. They did not e-mail back but quickly phoned to
tell me that it would not hold up to alcohol and
suggested using Pro-Set 145 resin with Pro-Set
226 hardener. I used this as a coating on the Cozy tanks and also
to bond the top skins onto the tanks.
Wendell
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
10:29 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Auto
fuel
Al,
Your statement below could lead some to
think that by adding more hardner to an epoxy mix that you could make it
more resistant to fuel. I don't think that is what you meant, you might
want to clarify it *and* provide the name/model of the epoxy that you
tested.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045
-al wick
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-al wick
Artificial intelligence in
cockpit, Cozy IV powered by stock Subaru 2.5
N9032U 200+ hours on
engine/airframe from Portland, Oregon
Prop construct, Subaru install, Risk
assessment, Glass panel design
info:
http://www.maddyhome.com/canardpages/pages/alwick/index.html
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