Gary Shubert wrote:
>What is the consensus on sloshing compounds?
>I am building with foam and Vinyl Ester.
I think you can't go wrong with vinyl ester, without sloshing compound.
I've run over 5000 gallons of auto fuel through N56ML over a 6 year
period, and well over 1000 gallons with ethanol
First..Mark L
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Now for my question:
What is the consensus on sloshing compounds?
I am building with foam and Vinyl Ester. The smell doesn?t bother
me but I wear an organic respirator when us
I don't know that it was Safe-T-Poxy that was the problem, but most of the
epoxy resins have issues with alcohol. My tanks are Safe-T-Poxy (although I
built them) with a sloshed finish and have been in service for nearly 20 years
now with no ill effects. At the time that I built them, what wa
Thanks Steve,
I don't know how many of the tanks like mine were produced or delivered but
they will not stand up to the alcohol content of todays auto fuel. Glad to hear
you have made the change from the Saf-t-poxy. .The tanks with the saf-T-poxy do
not have any issue with fuels other wise, I ju
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From: n357cj
To: Robert7721
Cc: krnet
Sent: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 6:10 am
Subject: Re: KR> fuel tank glassing
Rob,
Is the only reason that you would not use the Vinyl ester because of the fumes?
I have tanks in 357cj made of both vinyl ester and saf-t-poxy (I think I
recall)
Joe,
We primarily only use vinyl-ester now on the tanks we provide unless
requested otherwise. We have also used Jeffco Epoxy (now Rhino) with good
results. We have had a test sample sitting in Fuel with alcohol for several
years at Richard Shirley's with no deterioration. All my personal tanks h
ay, February 21, 2016 4:35:23 PM
Subject: Re: KR> fuel tank glassing
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,
nstruction.
Thanks,
Rob Schmitt
Kansas City
-Original Message-
From: n357cj via KRnet
To: KRnet
Cc: n357cj
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
ethanol in it, regardless of construction.
Thanks,
Rob Schmitt
Kansas City
-Original Message-
From: n357cj via KRnet
To: KRnet
Cc: n357cj
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
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 clot
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