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Re: Europa-List: Fuselage join

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Fuselage join
From: William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 08:51:18
AS it happens I washed the fuze down with soap and water and thus far no
allergic reaction.

I will have to remember to do the wings...or get the paint shop to do it
:-).

Will


William Daniell
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 3:40 AM, <davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk> wrote:

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>
> William, I don't know that it matters much. It is in fact mentioned in the
> early part of the build manual but easily overlooked. I know of two very
> serious allergic reactions, one leading to the guy giving up the build
>
> Regards, David
>
>
> On 2015-01-06 23:01, William Daniell wrote:
>
> thanks...go faster stripe is a great idea.
>
> As for gel coal thanks for warning ...wash with soap or solvent?
> On Jan 6, 2015 5:59 PM, <davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk> wrote:
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>>  William, You can of course stick a go fast stripe over the join line,
>> but if your 'amour propre' insists on a perfect finish then fill any low
>> areas and sand it all down to a perfect finish. You should in any case sand
>> all the gel coat surface down to complete matness without the smallest bit
>> of refective surface visible, to give the optimum key to whatever paint
>> system you plan to use. One word of warning on which: The release agent
>> used in the original gel coat mould is a strong allergy inducer. Make very
>> sure you have washed all gel coated surfaces very thoroughly before you
>> start sanding them and wear a good mask. You might be totally immune to
>> normal fibreglass dust but get caught out by the gel coat dust which is a
>> more sinister animal!
>>
>> Regards,  David Joyce, G-XSDJ
>>
>>
>>
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>> On 2015-01-06 22:31, Fred Klein wrote:
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>>  On Jan 6, 2015, at 11:03 AM, William Daniell <
>> wdaniell.longport@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I have a visible join the upper half lip being slightly proud as a
>> result sliding down over the bottom half.  The joint is good and the
>> difference is slight.
>>
>> What is the normal practice for the visible join line between the fuze
>> halves?  Does one have to sand down to the epoxy or can one fill on top of
>> sanded the gel coat?
>>
>>  Will...I had the opposite problem...i.e., my lower half was proud, and
>> problem solved by adding spacers at each cleco and thickening the Redux
>> bed. For your case, i'd of course remove the gel coat along the edge of the
>> upper half and rough up the gel coat on the lower half; I don't think it's
>> necessary to remove the entire gel coat in order to add the requisite
>> filler. Perhaps others w/ more knowledge than I will make other
>> recommendations.
>>
>> Fred
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