Hi there, I am not a KR owner but I was interested in purchasing one a few weeks ago, so the seller passed the group address on to me to see what this airplane is all about.(Looks like a beautiful airplane but a little hot for my strip behind the house.....) I am actually building an RV-6 after building three composite gliders. My son is an AME (I think you call them A&P) and operates a composite repair shop. Please never use wax paper instead of peel ply........... It leaves traces of wax to which nothing will bond. It also leaves a smooth surface, not suitable for bonding. Leave the peel ply on until you are ready to bond the next layer, that way you have a perfect dust, dirt and oil free bonding surface. Make sure to remove! There was a fatal accident a few years back (at Centralia Airport just North of here) during the initial flight of a composite homebuilt. The investigation found peel ply that was not removed during the lay-up of some critical parts! We use the peel ply that has red tracers to make sure it gets removed. Serge Vidal should be able to get peel ply at any glider repair shop in France. Ed Hollestelle.
-----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of VIRGIL N SALISBURY Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:10 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR> Fiberglass laying Ken Rand used waxed paper to do that. Peel ply is used to avoid sanding when joining two parts, Virg I believe it is DACRON cloth On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:13:05 +0100 Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com> writes: > I bought some BID fiberglass today in a shop in Paris that sells all > sorts > of composites mainly for artists and designers. I was also looking > for > peel ply. The guy had never heard of it. When I explained the > purpose, he > showed me rolls of rigid plastic sheets (looking like old overhead > projector slides). He said that's what his customers use when they > want > the cured surfaces to be smooth. > > That puzzles me. How come we don't do that? Is it because they fear > > trapped bubbles less than we do, or what? > > Serge Vidal > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > Paris, France > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
