Thanks Fred, I appreciate the suggestions. Do you have any suggestions
about how to test the bond strength?
Thanks spcialeffects for your input too, while the use of old glue is
definitely a concern for me at least I am able to test and verify
performance. The bigger concern for me is that I'm building from a kit
that has had at least three previous owners. I will check their work as
far as I can but there are some areas of the aircraft where I am unable to
see what they have done.
Ultimately any aircraft is a collection of trade offs and compromises and
this is just one of many. Hopefully Huntsman will come through on Monday
with a reasonable price for 1.4kg of Araldite 420 and I can just buy it
---From them.
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote
:
> From past discussion on this forum, I=99d ignore the expiry date...
I=99d
> suggest opening the containers and determining whether or not crystals ha
ve
> formedif they have, warm the Redux container in a pot of water o
n the
> stove, stirring until crystals have dissolved, then proceed w/ a test str
ip
> or two to determine current bond strength.
>
> just my thoughts on what I=99d do
>
> Fred
>
> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:04 PM, Graeme Hart <graeme.hart@onecoolkat.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I am the proud new owner of Europa XS Tri-gear kit A-101.
>
> Today I was going through the kit and I found some unopened cans of this
> miracle glue.
>
> The cans were manufactured in 2005 and are labelled with an expiry date 6
> months later in early 2006.
>
> In the perfect world I would just buy new adhesive but as this glue is
> hard to obtain (at a reasonable price) I'm considering using the glue I
> have.
>
> The cans show no sign of corrosion and are unopened.
>
> Does anyone know what the realistic shelf life of this product is?
> Alternatively if anyone knows of a source in New Zealand or Australia so
I
> can minimise dangerous goods shipping charges that would be very helpful
> (I'm already in an email conversation with Huntsman in Australia).
>
>
> Thanks
> Graeme
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