William
have a look at Gary Hunter's comparison list. I'm not familiar with the
US names and brands so you need to do your own research.
http://www.airheart.on.ca/index.html are the US stockist of MGS resins.
http://www.cozybuilders.org/ref_info/ check out Gary Hunter, he is the
US epoxy guru, worked in the field for 25 years and is Bruce Bahannon's
crew chief. Remember Pushy Galor? Pretty little airplane.
Graham
William Daniell wrote:
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> So the MGS is a replacement for the Aeropoxy in all applications?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Graham
> Singleton
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 04:55
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: What epoxy should I be using
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> <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
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> There is a resin system made by MG Scheufler in Germany, on the market
> in the US as MGS, The grade you want is R285. This is used by most of
> the glider manufacturers and is much less toxic than the old EZ Poxy or
> the resin system Rutan used for EZs. It's blue, not a variable dirty
> brown.It also has the best Glass Transition temperature of the hand
> layup systems.
> Graham
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> SteveD wrote:
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>>I use aircraft spruce and Areopxy. Keep the old stuff for non-structural
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> things. I've been using West system for fill and finishing I find it sands
> easier.
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>>Epoxy is nasty stuff and you can build up a allergic reaction. Wear gloves
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> and don't touch the stuff with your hands, I can't stress that last point
> enough. After a friends Cozy and my Europa I'm on the epoxy limiter...
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>>Chat Later,
>>Steved
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>>I have been going though all the parts that came with the kit (A210) and I
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> have four gallons of Aeropxy Resin PR2032, batch Y1898 with three Qt cans of
> RH3660, batch Y1901. Unopened still sealed. I believe it came with the kit
> in 2001. I have heard that it has shelf life of 4 to 5 years. I asked John
> about it and he said to buy new stuff. Do I buy the same epoxy or is there
> some other epoxy that I should be looking at. I'm planning on going to the
> EAA school in a couple of weeks. So I can learn the right way.
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>>Do I buy it from Aircraft Spruce or is the a better place?
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