Drying clue in foamwing..
10-06-2005, 01:16 PM
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Drying clue in foamwing..
Hi all folks!!
I has maked own 1.9 metre (74.8 inc.), 30 cm cord ( 11.81 inc.) foam wing and planked 2 mm (0.078 inc)balsasheet at wing with white clue. But how long i must wait before i can take the wing to rework and do it ready?
Jens Eirik
I has maked own 1.9 metre (74.8 inc.), 30 cm cord ( 11.81 inc.) foam wing and planked 2 mm (0.078 inc)balsasheet at wing with white clue. But how long i must wait before i can take the wing to rework and do it ready?
Jens Eirik
10-06-2005, 03:15 PM
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RE: Drying clue in foamwing..
About two days. Need to remove them from the beds and let them dry a few days more. Place them back in the beds ocasionally to check for warps.
One of the reasons I use West epoxy for sheeting wings.
One of the reasons I use West epoxy for sheeting wings.
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RE: Drying clue in foamwing..
Hello Motorboy,
If you want to get your wings out of the saddle quicker, one method I use is a regular clothes iron. after sheeting the wing, and allowing it to set up some take a regular clothes iron and using it on high heat start in the center of wing and work it in a short area back and forth enlarging the area as you work. it will draw the moisture through the balsa and vulcanize the white glue to the foam quite well. be sure to keep moving the iron slowly but do not stop in one place. It needs to be a continuous process until you have completed the entire wing. Enclosed is a pic of a simitar wing I recently did. I hope this gives you some ideas.
Regards Pipercub 6
If you want to get your wings out of the saddle quicker, one method I use is a regular clothes iron. after sheeting the wing, and allowing it to set up some take a regular clothes iron and using it on high heat start in the center of wing and work it in a short area back and forth enlarging the area as you work. it will draw the moisture through the balsa and vulcanize the white glue to the foam quite well. be sure to keep moving the iron slowly but do not stop in one place. It needs to be a continuous process until you have completed the entire wing. Enclosed is a pic of a simitar wing I recently did. I hope this gives you some ideas.
Regards Pipercub 6
10-07-2005, 03:53 PM
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RE: Drying clue in foamwing..
A good reason to use epoxy as the adhesive, it cures and does not rely on exposure to the air to dry. I've not tried it but; perhaps Gorilla glue (reacts with moisture to cure, a chemical reaction not drying) would also be worth trying.
