REFLECTOR:STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE

Brian Michalk reflector@tvbf.org
Sun, 4 May 2003 22:30:42 -0500


It also sets up a lot quicker.  Its pot life is very short here in the
summer.

 Brian Michalk  <http://www.michalk.com>
Life is what you make of it ... never wish you had done something.
Aviator, experimental aircraft builder, motorcyclist, SCUBA diver
musician, home-brewer, entrepreneur and mostly single


> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Scott Derrick
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:51 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE
>
>
> 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.
> > _______________________________________________
> > To change your email address, visit
> > http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
> >
> > Visit the gallery!  tvbf:jamaicangoose
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> To change your email address, visit
> http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
>
> Visit the gallery!  tvbf:jamaicangoose
>