RCU Forums - View Single Post - Glues
Thread: Glues
View Single Post
Old 08-11-2002 | 09:59 AM
  #4  
FHHuber
Banned
 
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,923
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: gone,
Default glues

You can use the yellow wood glue just about anywhere to replace CA (except for the CA hinges)... you can't get away with replaceing the yellow glue with CA in as many cases.

Yellow glue is far superior to CA for joining lite ply, especialy edge to face. (as in putting in a bulkhead.) You have to put in 3 times the DRIED weight in CA to get the same strength as with yellow glue.

For a neat trick in lightening a plane a bit... replace the fiberglass/epoxy dihedral joint tape with silk and yellow glue. Smoother, lighter, covering bonds better... (And she may never miss that old scarf... ) 2 layers common scarf weight (10 mm Habotai), the first 1 inch wide, second 2 to 3 inches wide, replaces a 2 inch wide 2 oz fiberglass tape.

So.. when in doubt... use Yellow glue or Epoxy.
(How'd epoxy get in here?)

Epoxy is just about the ONLY glue for putting in a firewall or mounting landing gear blocks. (yellow glue sometimes is OK for landing gear blocks) Epoxy is also the best for most dihedral joints.