Hi Graeme,
Seeing your ref to Australia and New Zealand I was just wondering where you a
re based.
Cheers
Bill Sisley
Mono 914/Airmaster
ZKCHV
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> On 13/09/2015, at 4:30 pm, Graeme Hart <graeme.hart@onecoolkat.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Fred, I appreciate the suggestions. Do you have any suggestions ab
out how to test the bond strength?
>
>
> Thanks spcialeffects for your input too, while the use of old glue is defi
nitely a concern for me at least I am able to test and verify performance. T
he bigger concern for me is that I'm building from a kit that has had at lea
st 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 t
his is just one of many. Hopefully Huntsman will come through on Monday wit
h a reasonable price for 1.4kg of Araldite 420 and I can just buy it from th
em.
>
>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wro
te:
>> =46rom past discussion on this forum, I=99d ignore the expiry date.
..I=99d suggest opening the containers and determining whether or not c
rystals have formedif they have, warm the Redux container in a pot o
f water on the stove, stirring until crystals have dissolved, then proceed w
/ a test strip 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> wr
ote:
>>>
>>> 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 h
ard 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? Alte
rnatively if anyone knows of a source in New Zealand or Australia so I can m
inimise dangerous goods shipping charges that would be very helpful (I'm alr
eady in an email conversation with Huntsman in Australia).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Graeme
>>>
>>>
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