ya, the canard-clan's use of E-Z Poxy with their slow hardner works great
for alc-free mogas as per the tank I made for my HummelBird - 4 years ago
and still nice and hard without any flaking.
I'm sure it would get soft with E95 tho.
Cheers,
PeteZ
PS- if going the with a stock tank, get it re-flouronated by these guys
that are in the supply chain for the auto industry tanks and shampoo
bottles. I did my stock tank and it came back with a severe frosted finish
- so it must be doing something :-) It sadly still has not seen mogas yet
:-(
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:58 PM William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> Chris thanks
>
> yea... I have googled it and I saw an article by a glasair builder. He
> tried with AVGAS and the composite was fine after a year....with ethanol it
> was already soft after a week!
>
> Ill give these guys a ring...
>
> I am guessing that the aluminium will be heavier and smaller (more
> difficult to include all the complex curves). I have emailed Europa in the
> UK so we'll see if they respond.
>
> Will
>
> William Daniell
> LONGPORT
> +1 786 878 0246
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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:26 PM n7188u <chmgarb@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> You bring up a good point Will. However, I would think that this day and
>> age you can get epoxy that will resist gasoline. FG tanks are not uncommon
>> in the boating world.
>>
>> I did find this:
>>
>>
>> https://theepoxyexperts.com/shop/adhesives/chemical-and-water-resistant/max-gre/max-gre-96oz-epoxy-resin-gasoline-resistant-4-coating-glue-fiberglassing-carbon-fiber/
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>> However, what a PITA to have to research all this and run the risk of it
>> not working (and the danger of the tank falling apart and clogging the fuel
>> system). Aluminum would certainly be safer but $$$ and possibly heavier.
>>
>> let us know what you end up doing.
>>
>> Chris
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=507451#507451
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