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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