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From: "tom" <toms1@chartermi.net>
To: "lancair mail list" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Methylene Chloride
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:42:29 -0700
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When I was at the factory for one of the first builder assistance seminars,
MC & acetone use was discussed at length.  I was not fond of the use of MC
and was looking to see if there was an alternate cleaning agent.  Carsten's
position at that time (Feb 99) with MC was that it was the ONLY cleaning
agent that would remove WAX residue left from the molds.  Once we had
cleaned an area that had a possibility of containing residual mold wax with
the MC, any further cleaning for epoxy work
could be done with acetone.
   The bonding strength of our lay-ups has to be at the highest standard
possible.  I would gladly eliminate the MC from my shop if Lancair can
assure me something else cleans our carbon fiber or fiberglass of the mold
wax.  This is critical enough in my mind that I believe Carsten or someone
else in engineering from Lancair should state their present position on
this.  Maybe they are no longer using wax in the molds so newer kits owners
do not need to clean wax from their components.

Tom Sullivan
The Yuper (U.P. of Michigan)

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