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AW: Pre-skin Floxing

Subject: AW: Pre-skin Floxing
From: 11323@auswaertigesamt.de
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:37:59
Hello Tony,

I wouldn't do it in two steps. reasons:

(1) flox tends to contract while curing. You might end up with
    a flox-surface that is lower than the surrounding foam area.
    As epoxy cures to a wax-surface with degraded adhesion it will
    be necessary to sand off that wax. Peel ply doesn't break 
    the wax as well imho. And then you will be sanding a very
    solid flox area adjacent to foam. That's not good for the
    foam.

(2) Get yourself a helper for the wings. Then the time between
    floxing and skinning won't get you into trouble

(3) Take a look at finished classic wings - you'll always see the
    ribs. Flox does obviously contract further over the months.

Sincerely,

<Thomas, N81EU>



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