Re: Re: Duco cement alternatives

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:24:57 -0800

Thinned aliphatic resin (Titebond) is also good in places where you want
dissimilar glue types. I use it for tip dihedral joints because I can wet
the joint to add dihedral without loosening my compression ribs which are
glued with Duco.

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Steve Fujikawa steve_fujikawa_at_verizon.net
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Try thinned white glue or other aliphatic resin when gluing prop blades.
> It doesn't shrink.
> The Beacon 527 shrinks less than Ambroid and it's good for building
> structures. Wood joints as when joining a rib to a spar won't distort even
> after several years.
> I think I saw a test where someone had applied glue to 0.005 balsa
> sheet. If memory serves, Ambroid curled it badly. Duco less, and 527
> (which I think has TCP in it) least of all.
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> On 02/04/16, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction]<
> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> FWIW, the newer Ambroid from Swanzey, NH seems to shrink considerably more
> than the stuff made in NJ.
> I guess I'd call it New Old Stock versus Old Old Stock. {grin}
>
> I had a devil of a time with a prop last night because in 24 hours the
> blades had moved from 44 degrees dead on to 39/52 respectively. A drop or
> two of TCP might be in order when doing prop blade attachment.
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> I never had this issue using older tubes of NJ/OOS Ambroid.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
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