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From: "george lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: help from the plastic plane builders
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:54:36 +1000
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Ernest,
Laying it on with a lambs wool roller is super fast and very even, a one
person job. It goes without saying that you use the cheapest roller you can
get. We often have specials of rollers, handles and trays for $4.00 -I can
only assume you have similar products up there.
I use the same roller and paper hand towel (commercial stuff), to pull off
excess - as I roll it with the roller. It has the added advantage off
removing any/all bubbles.
George (down under)

> Steve Brooks wrote:
>
> >Ernest,
> >
> >I did all of mine with a 50/50 mixture of fast and
> >slow hardner.  I did some layups in 90+ temps.  Just
> >make sure that you don't leave any mixed epoxy
> >unattended.  Keep it stirred up, and or keep brushing
> >it in.  At a 50/50 mix, mine still took about 4 hours
> >to get to the chewing gum stage, and as I recall the
> >fast, is 2-3 hours to get there.  I don't think that
> >you'll have any trouble, but if you need any help with
> >big layups, let me know.
> >
> >
> Thank you, Steve.  You're on my list of people to call now.
>
> I've been doing the mix, just like you showed me.  Saturday, a week ago,
> I was getting my two boys all trained up in how to do layups.  The goal
> was to have help with these large pieces.  Everything was going as well
> as could be expected, until around 11:00 when it started warming up.  It
> started getting hard faster than I could get the epoxy on.  Could very
> well have been my technique, but I don't think I could have worked with
> just fast hardener.
>
> However as Joe suggested, Wicks is coming through.  The nice lady said
> they are expecting a new shipment "any day now".  I've cancelled the ACS
> order and, I'll be ordering from Wick's.
>
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