Re: Pietenpol-List: weldwood, Pro-Bond, etc.
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2002 7:53 pm
Original Posted By: "Kip & Beth Gardner"
In the process of getting my fuselage & tail wood (from R.A.W.- nowdeceased!?), I found out about Excel Structan -- a gel polyurethane that'sbeen in Europe for the past 12 years -- check out www.excelglue.com --the Structan page has the list of tech features -- it's the only adhesivethat I've seen that lists "light aircraft" as one of the product uses.The supplier is in Corky's neck of the woods -- AmBel Corp. in Cottonport,lA I've had a good talk with Sammy Mayeux about the Structan -- he evensent me a 100cc tube to try out -- so far I have tried only a 1/2 dozensamples -- none of them failed on the glue line.I can see using this for the fuselage structure -- were you can put up witha bit of foaming at the joint edges -- I think that T-88 is a better choicefor things like ribs, etc where it can also work as sealer (like the backside of the rib gussets!
Only negatives are the 10 month shelf life(part of the reason the Sammy is the only dealer) and that it comes in 10.4oz caulking gun cartridge size (my sample definitely wasn't printed inenglish! ;-)Mike C.Pretty Prairie, KS----- Original Message -----
In the process of getting my fuselage & tail wood (from R.A.W.- nowdeceased!?), I found out about Excel Structan -- a gel polyurethane that'sbeen in Europe for the past 12 years -- check out www.excelglue.com --the Structan page has the list of tech features -- it's the only adhesivethat I've seen that lists "light aircraft" as one of the product uses.The supplier is in Corky's neck of the woods -- AmBel Corp. in Cottonport,lA I've had a good talk with Sammy Mayeux about the Structan -- he evensent me a 100cc tube to try out -- so far I have tried only a 1/2 dozensamples -- none of them failed on the glue line.I can see using this for the fuselage structure -- were you can put up witha bit of foaming at the joint edges -- I think that T-88 is a better choicefor things like ribs, etc where it can also work as sealer (like the backside of the rib gussets!
Only negatives are the 10 month shelf life(part of the reason the Sammy is the only dealer) and that it comes in 10.4oz caulking gun cartridge size (my sample definitely wasn't printed inenglish! ;-)Mike C.Pretty Prairie, KS----- Original Message -----