Joe, My fuel tanks were constructed in just about exactly the same manner as Rob's, only a few years earlier, so were constructed with Safe-T-Poxy. There was lots of chatter at the time about epoxy resins not standing up to certain fuels, so I chose to slosh the tanks with an alcohol resistant tank sloshing compound. I've heard several times that the slosh compound will slough off, and that it has a 10 year life span, but after nearly 20 years, is still looks like new. Nothing has sloughed or flaked off, which perhaps may be due to the sloshing being done on uncontaminated virgin tanks. My tanks have been exposed to alcohol a couple of times over the years, but never a steady diet of alcohol. I have run mogas almost exclusively for the last several years and still show no issues.
-Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM ? -------------------? Joe, That is pretty close to what I did, see my details at web site; http://www.robert7721.com/fuel_tank.html 1/4" Lastofoam. Two layers on the inside, one on the outside. I did not do the deck cloth on the inside, but I did squeegee in a batch of resin into the weeve after the two inside layers were dry. It seemed to work fine. Only issue I had was the bottom not sealing quite right. I did have to pour some epoxy into it later to seal the edges/corners. I would not use vinyl ester again. I'm sure the West System would do just fine. You never want to put fuel with ethanol in it, regardless of construction. Thanks, Rob Schmitt Kansas City -----Original Message----- From: n357cj via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> Cc: n357cj <n357cj at ptd.net> Sent: Sun, Feb 21, 2016 12:34 pm Subject: KR> fuel tank glassing Hey guys, Getting ready to glass the header tank that I am building from scratch. Since I bought the one that is in N357CJ I really did not think about how many layers of glass there might be in the construction. Right now I have 2 full layers of the 5 oz glass cut and one layer of the deck cloth on the interior of the layers. I am making it in a top and bottom half so I could always add layers inside or out before I close it up but I would like to be close in the first lay up. What are the opinions of the total layers of glass needed? BTW- now foam core just planning on glass/resin only. Thanks, Joe Horton _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search[http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search]. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html[http://www.krnet.org/info.html] see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org[http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org] to change options _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search[http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search]. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html[http://www.krnet.org/info.html] see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org[http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org] to change options
