If you want to thin vinyl Ester resin or epoxy resin. You need to use MEK (
methyl ethyl ketone). Both Lowe's and Home Depot has and 1 gallon cans. Ace
Hardware sells it in 1 quart cans. MEK is a very good all-around cleaner also.
One thing about MEK. California has determined that it cause
Jeb,
I see that your front deck is removable. So was mine and I had a leak as well
when I 1st filled it up. I was in the seams at the bottom when I floxed it to
the rest of the tank. Because it was removable I could pour epoxy it though the
filler neck and let the epoxy flow to the seams. I did
k
well and could easily peel off and get in the fuel system. Probably
would have been OK if I could have sanded the inside of the tank, but
there was no access.
Brian Kraut
904-536-1780
br...@eamanuacturing.com
Original Message
Subject: KR> vinyl ester thinning
From: jeb vi
Hey there Larry, quite a setback for me.
I guess I didn't build it good enough 15 years ago.
The leak occurred during weight & balance - got empty weight, then
started filling 15 gallon header
tank (attached permanently to underside of removable front deck) - We
got about 14.5 gallons
in before
On 7/20/2018 3:04 PM, jeb via KRnet wrote:
If I was wanting to "slosh" with vinyl ester how to thin it?
acetone?
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Sloshing to cover a pin hole sounds pretty iffy to me. Seems like that
would take ten times the resin as painting the interior and
If I was wanting to "slosh" with vinyl ester how to thin it?
acetone?
On 07/20/18 8:47 AM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote:
Jeb wrote:
> I'm looking for opinions on the best fuel resistant epoxy.
I don't know of any truly fuel resistant epoxies. Vinyl ester resin
(which Aircraft Spruce sells) i
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