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October 24th 03, 01:07 AM
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Those should give me pretty good range!
What are those tanks for?
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Dan D.
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"guynoir" wrote in message nk.net...
Read about "water break" testing and solvent cleaning.
http://www.lmaeronautics.com/materia...docs/pg054.pdf
http://www.westsystem.com/ewmag/20/Contamination.html
These two documents have information on surface preparation for bonding.
I built several glued together aluminum fuel tanks and discovered that I
could consistently make a glue joint fail if I wiped the joint surfaces
with acetone or alcohol after etching and rinsing with water. So I
stopped solvent wiping. I never tried MEK.
Here are two of my tanks:
http://home.teleport.com/~guynoir/re...edinterior.JPG
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