REFLECTOR:STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE
Scott Derrick
reflector@tvbf.org
Sun, 04 May 2003 20:50:46 -0600
There are a lot of Velocity's, Cozy's and LongEZ's built with 100% West
Systems. The factory A&P's at Velocity say its fine. I was told that
its not that it is significantly weaker, its just less stiff.
Scott
richard@riley.net wrote:
> At 05:53 PM 5/4/03 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> What kind do you like for easy, quick but very durable performance?
>
>
> In this order...
>
> Pro-set
> MGS
> Jeffco
> EZ Poxy
> PTMW
>
> But I do an amazing amount of work with WEST 206. Even things that
> you'd think of as structural - like putting in bulkheads - is really a
> secondary bond. WEST isn't as strong as the structural epoxies, but in
> most cases, where you're attaching one thing that's already been made to
> another thing that's already been made, WEST actually adheres better
> than the structural stuff. Since the weak point isn't the strength of
> the epoxy but the strength of the bond, WESTcan, in those cases,
> actually end up stronger.
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