I bought a quart of the sloshing compound that I was going to put in my tank. I tried a little on a test piece of glass first and found that it would peel off of a smooth glass surface fairly easily. It stuck O.K. if the glass was sanded first, but there was no way I culd get in the tank and sand all the sufaces so I just didn't use it. I only used avgas in the tank and had no problems.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of StRaNgEdAyS Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:09 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: RE: KR> Mogas and fibre glass On the subject of fuel tanks and resins Lancair use the vinyl-ester resin in the construction of their tanks, but in an application where you are likely to be laying up over the foam, the vinyl-ester resin will dissolve it. There are quite literally 1000's of the Rutan style aircraft and others flying with epoxy resin tanks with no record of leakage, seepage or failure. The "sloshing" compound can be used, but there has been a number of instances where it has begun to peel and block the fuel systems and as such, Vans aircraft no longer recommend it for use in the RV's. I'll see if I can find a more comprehensive description of the issue. Cheers, Peter Bancks. stranged...@dodo.com.au _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
