Re: Adhesive formula (i know... been beaten to death)

From: Bruce McCrory <hbm55_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:06:37 -0000

Thanks, Ben.

Add, more flexibility for fumble fingered handlers.
 
I think I will continue to plasticize my glue. Unless, someone finds detriment, other than excess.


--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Ben Saks <bensaks@...> wrote:
>
> It was Hack who did the glue bending tests. I remember them like it
> was yesterday. We applied duco with acetone, with and without
> plasticizer to strips of balsa. The glue without plasticizer caused
> the strip to bend more.
>
> I agree with John Kagan, viscocity and quantity are more important.
> For small joints where small surface areas are being glued plasticizer
> is not critical. However a motorstick seam is long and can suffer
> warping from glue. It can however be used to ones advantage to
> generate thrust direction.
>
> Hack and I also noticed that grain orientation also affected glue warping.
>
> -Ben
>
> On 4/13/09, Bruce McCrory <hbm55_at_...> wrote:
> >
> >> (dang! I've turned into one of those old guys who keeps telling the same
> >> 15 stories over and over)
> >>
> > Is this an insinuation? Or, admission? .... ;>
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Mon Apr 13 2009 - 21:06:59 CEST