X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from oproxy5-pub.bluehost.com ([67.222.38.55] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with SMTP id 5481331 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:28:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=67.222.38.55; envelope-from=jslade@canardaviation.com Received: (qmail 19452 invoked by uid 0); 14 Apr 2012 14:27:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host296.hostmonster.com) (66.147.240.96) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 14 Apr 2012 14:27:43 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=canardaviation.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:CC:To:MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID; bh=C0ksvCWOQO5bYgkNSllGbJfPYimRIUwgbr6aEKrWa0Q=; b=jmOeAfYxG1i5rznSy9bcAIL7pWB/HZN8VtetQCMzBPoMHqhQe3JAD1Z9llf4RqIlS03yxDlCx4+g62PBfSNEwgv+SwMM+1IMbw+U44o8+Oon13BmGYTs3mepBkzsx+L8; Received: from c-75-69-3-204.hsd1.vt.comcast.net ([75.69.3.204] helo=[192.168.1.104]) by host296.hostmonster.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3x0-0006YG-Uz; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:27:43 -0600 Message-ID: <4F89893E.2010909@canardaviation.com> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:27:10 -0400 From: John Slade User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft CC: Kelly Troyer Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Possible auto fuel resistant epoxy References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------090305040206040803040000" X-Identified-User: {3339:host296.hostmonster.com:instanu1:trickysites.com} {sentby:smtp auth 75.69.3.204 authed with jslade+trickysites.com} This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090305040206040803040000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When my fuel tanks started to show signs of damage I researched Vinyl Ester and found a manufacturer of underground pipes and tanks for gas stations. http://www.fibreglast.com . product 1110/69-A I bought a gallon and built liners for my new tanks with it. Details can be found here http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=4594 That was three or four years ago. I have seen no degradation of the material. 4/14/2012 9:31 AM, Kelly Troyer wrote: > Lynn, > It has also been my understanding that the Vinyl Esters were more > resistant than many Epoxies to fuel (particularly auto fuel) but > do not recall discussions on this forum about testing of the various > Epoxy or Vinyl Ester formulations in auto or 100LL fuel over > a long term............ > Kelly Troyer > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:29 AM, > wrote: > > Are not the under ground storage tanks made of fiberglass re-enforced > Vinyl Ester? The new fuel blends cannot attack whatever that > specific compounding is involved there. > Lynn E. Hanover > In a message dated 4/13/2012 9:02:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > keltro@gmail.com writes: > > Possible auto fuel resistant epoxy for composite > tanks............. > > > > --------------090305040206040803040000 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When my fuel tanks started to show signs of damage I researched Vinyl Ester and found a manufacturer of underground pipes and tanks for gas stations. http://www.fibreglast.com. product 1110/69-A
I bought a gallon and built liners for my new tanks with it. Details can be found here http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=4594

That was three or four years ago. I have seen no degradation of the material.

4/14/2012 9:31 AM, Kelly Troyer wrote:

Lynn,

It has also been my understanding that the Vinyl Esters were more resistant than many Epoxies to fuel (particularly auto fuel) but

do not recall discussions on this forum about testing of the various Epoxy or Vinyl Ester formulations in auto or 100LL fuel over

a long term............

Kelly Troyer

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:29 AM, <Lehanover@aol.com> wrote:

Are not the under ground storage tanks made of fiberglass re-enforced

Vinyl Ester? The new fuel blends cannot attack whatever that specific compounding is involved there.

Lynn E. Hanover

In a message dated 4/13/2012 9:02:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, keltro@gmail.com writes:

Possible auto fuel resistant epoxy for composite tanks.............

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