Best Glue For Repairs
 

I WAS WONDERING WHAT IS THE BEST GLUE FOR DOING REPAIRS. I NEED TO FIX THE FIREWALL AND THE BODY. wHICH GLUES ARE FUEL RESISTANT?

Best Glue For Repairs
 

I use CA for most things, but I would use epoxy in high stress areas like a firewall.

Best Glue For Repairs
 

thin and medium CA will handle most balsa repairs,hardwood or ply then medium or slow epoxy is my choice.This is a subject where you can get a lot of different answers.

Best Glue For Repairs
 

I just Repaired my firewall with medium CA and it worked great until the plane nose dived on take off.

Best Glue For Repairs
 

firewall needs epoxy

Best Glue For Repairs
 

You need to use expoxy on firewalls. I would also recommend placing triangle stock behind the firewall to help keep it attached to the fuselage. I have seen several new ARFs crash because the firewall came loose due to lack of triangle stock. Either place triangle stock behind the firewall or insert 2 epoxied toothpicks through the fuselage into the firewall on both sides. One other thing, you can create a mixture of 50% epoxy and 50% rubbing alchohol to create a paste that you can paint on the firewall to help fuel proof it. Always use 30 minute or more epoxy. 5 minute dries to fast for me.

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Best Glue For Repairs
 

Thanks! I was planning to place some triangled pieces on the firewall already but I think I might add the tooth picks too.

Now this might open a big can of worms (opions) but which brand of epoxy seems to work the best? I know everyone will have their own favorites, but I just wanted to get an idea why you think one is better than the other.

Best Glue For Repairs
 

If the name brand, super-duper-high-strength-indestructable epoxy costs $8 a bottle, and the no-name, garden-variety-seen-one-ya-seen-'em-all brand goes for $4 a bottle, I buy the no name.

Best Glue For Repairs
 

The only difference that I can tell is the price,I buy as MinnFlyer,economically.