If you really want to experiment, you could try vinylester, though.
Apparently, quite a few aircraft have been made that way.
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
"Kevin Angus" <kan...@talkcycle.com>
Envoyé par : krnet-bounces+serge.vidal=sagem....@mylist.net
08/08/2006 18:44
Veuillez répondre à KRnet
Remis le : 08/08/2006 18:45
Pour : "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net>
cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM)
Objet : RE: KR> polyester resin
"Polyester resin is the cheapest resin available in the marine industry
and
offers the poorest adhesion, has the highest water absorption, highest
shrinkage, and high VOC's. Polyester resin is only compatible with
fiberglass fibers and is best suited to building things that are not
weight
sensitive. It is also not tough and fractures easily. Polyesters tend to
end up with micro-cracks and are tough to re-bond and suffer from osmotic
blistering when untreated by an epoxy resin barrier to water. This is
really cheap stuff."
http://www.redrockstore.com/resin.htm
Make a mold with it, don't fly it.
-----Original Message-----
From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf
Of Chris Johnston
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:16 AM
To: KRnet
Subject: KR> polyester resin
Can anyone tell me if polyester resin is safe to use on polyurethane
foam, as far as I know it should be ok, and how well does polyester resin
stick to wood spars, it seems polyester is very very cheap, about $12
dollars per gallon. I have been told there is a epoxy made by the araldite
people LC 3600, whihc is supposed to be the bee's knees as far as soaking
into the wood goes, has anyone any experience of using this product, its
also quite expensive.
Chris Johnston
North Richmond NSW
Australia
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