Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
Dennis, this sort of thing comes up all the time. As in this thread a specific question was asked. A couple of us whom do composites for a living gave the correct answer. Yes it could have been considered overkill as far as some peoples expectations but the answers were correct none the less. Some guys want to learn new and better techniques and build better airplanes, some don't and that is fine. What bothers myself and Sensi is when we share information that has taken us years to gather just to be called wrong or as in your case disregarded. It would be my wish that someone would at least give something a shot before tossing aside. You in fact may have a future issue that could have been solved by our advise.
Sorry I’m entitled to my opinion and I will express it. I think you are wrong overloading most modelers with information that they will never use. You may work and be an expert in the composite field but the average guy works in an environment so far removed from what you describe, the information becomes irrelevant because he has no hope or want to duplicate it.
The places I have built canoes and worked on wooden boats have been with little or no heat, open to the elements, at times fluctuating temperatures and humidity we had little control over and we never had problems with the epoxy curing or its final strength. The West System has a whole section on cold weather bonding
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/cold-temperature-bonding/
How come neither one of you bothered to warn of the exposure to epoxy. To me this is the most important bit of information you could pass on to a hobbyist. After all many of the modeling areas are small and have limited ventilation.
Regardless of the brand you use check out the West System web site. There is tons of information that the hobby user can access. The information is applicable to most epoxies.
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/
Dennis