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Old 09-06-2006 | 04:44 PM
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Default RE: Glues

Yellow glue, white glue, aliphatic resin glue......

Works excellent for most joints. Actually is water resistant but will fail if immersed over time, and for our airplanes, that isn't a biggie, is it.

It's joints stand vibration as well as any other glue, better than most. It's joints are stronger than balsa when it gets to penetrate raw wood, so what's not to like. It's easy to work with.

The only job it's not really suited for is laminating doublers as it air dries. Epoxy does that job best.

It's also smart to wipe excess from joints as the excess only adds weight, and it's dead weight. The amount that is absorbed and dries within the joint is a lot smaller in volume than you'd think, less than is usually squeezed out. So if you wipe the excess, you're actually taking away lot's more dead weight than "live" weight being left. BTW, same is true of epoxy. You do not need any bit of the excess for added strength so it's all waste.

Keep q-tips and paper towels handy and wipe all the joints. You won't lose one bit of needed strength.