KR>Sealing leaks in Dan Diehl wing tanks (Long)

2008-10-12 Thread Phillip Matheson
Before I started fitting my Diehl wing skins, I went over the instructions many times as well as looked at his video. My concern was always the sealing the top of the wing tanks when the top wing skin goes on. Well, you guessed it, the wing tanks would not hold light air pressure. ( test method

KR>Sealing leaks in Dan Diehl wing tanks

2008-10-12 Thread wa7...@aol.com
It now hold air pressure. That's how I did it, you may have some improvements, but it worked for me, and I did not have to cut any holes in the tanks, thus no repairs to the outside finish of the wing skin. My 2 cents worth. Phil Matheson Phil I always thought you had to sand a fiberglass lay-u

KR>Sealing leaks in Dan Diehl wing tanks

2008-10-12 Thread Phillip Matheson
Lynn, Thanks for you concern. Yes. Polyester (P/E) resin with a smooth finish must be sanded. Vinyl Easter (V/E) is a laminating resin and sticks much better to it's self than P/E. (You said I used Epoxy, Sorry I did not ) I only used V/Ester I did not have smooth finishes inside or o