Is epoxy fuel proof?
03-15-2004 | 09:38 AM
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From: Spring Hill,
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RE: Is epoxy fuel proof?
I don't think anything is truly fuel proof except metal and some plastics. By that I mean if you put any of the so-called paints or glues in a bottle of fuel, they would break down.
But epoxy is fuel proof for a long time, so unless you drench the engine compartment with raw fuel and it sits there, then you won't have any problems with it.
Fuel proof and exhaust proof aren't the same thing, btw. Fuel proof means raw fuel proof. A lot of things that can hold up to the oily exhaust break down to raw fuel.
- Paul
But epoxy is fuel proof for a long time, so unless you drench the engine compartment with raw fuel and it sits there, then you won't have any problems with it.
Fuel proof and exhaust proof aren't the same thing, btw. Fuel proof means raw fuel proof. A lot of things that can hold up to the oily exhaust break down to raw fuel.
- Paul
03-15-2004 | 11:00 AM
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From: Wayne,
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RE: Is epoxy fuel proof?
Steal, from the nearest available women, a little bit of nail polish remover and mix it in with your epoxy.... This will thin it out and allow you to use a cheap brush and "paint" it on wherever you need it!
03-16-2004 | 07:55 PM
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RE: Is epoxy fuel proof?
Nail polish remover is acetone based... Go to the nearest drugstore and buy a bottle of acetone... because it is very usefull for a number of things: cleaning epoxy off brushes (works like a charm), thinning epoxy (only with slow curing types, otherwise the acetone gets trapped in the cured epoxy and then it takes weeks to cure), degreasing things before you glue them (very effective), cleaning your planes (but first make sure your finish is acetone proof!), adding it to your fuel (1-2% as ignition improver), ...
03-16-2004 | 08:29 PM
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RE: Is epoxy fuel proof?
ORIGINAL: Rudeboy
Nail polish remover is acetone based... Go to the nearest drugstore and buy a bottle of acetone... because it is very usefull for a number of things: cleaning epoxy off brushes (works like a charm), thinning epoxy (only with slow curing types, otherwise the acetone gets trapped in the cured epoxy and then it takes weeks to cure), degreasing things before you glue them (very effective), cleaning your planes (but first make sure your finish is acetone proof!), adding it to your fuel (1-2% as ignition improver), ...
Nail polish remover is acetone based... Go to the nearest drugstore and buy a bottle of acetone... because it is very usefull for a number of things: cleaning epoxy off brushes (works like a charm), thinning epoxy (only with slow curing types, otherwise the acetone gets trapped in the cured epoxy and then it takes weeks to cure), degreasing things before you glue them (very effective), cleaning your planes (but first make sure your finish is acetone proof!), adding it to your fuel (1-2% as ignition improver), ...
