---------------------------------------------------------- KIS-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 01/15/10: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:39 AM - Re: tank repair (Richard Trickel) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:39:01 AM PST US From: Richard Trickel Subject: KIS-List: Re: tank repair Mike Now that you found the leak.- Put a vacumn pressure on the tank.- Don =B4t worry about seeing the ribs when you do this.- wrote: From: Mike Pienaar Subject: Re: KIS-List: Fuel tank Hi All, Found my leak to-day quite by accident. In desperation I covered the entire wing with dishwashing liquid where I thought the leak could be (that shoul d give you a clue). Nothing. While I was hosing the wing down to get rid of the soap I noticed bubbles a t the end of the front spar, 4 inches from the tank. Air was travelling thr ough the foam core of the spar and exiting at the end. The question now is do I open the tank and re-coat it inside or do I live w ith gas soaked foam in the spar, all comments will be appreciated. My initi al feeling is to live with the situation as the major surgery involved to c ut each bay open and reclose it may be worse Thanks for the help Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:15 AM Subject: Re: KIS-List: Fuel tank > > 1/13/2010 > > Hello Mike, You quoted:- "Do not apply over old epoxies or other previo usly > applied coatings. " > > I think that you have to view that as written by some lawyer. Obviously, if > there is a primer or base coating on the substrate that is not properly > adhered then any further coating will also be not be properly adhered to the > substrate. > > Realize that our KIS moldings have been made from pre impregnated (with > epoxy) fiber glass. So all of us that have successfully used Jeffco 9700 FCR > on the interior of our wing fuel tanks have, in effect, applied the Jeffc o > 9700 FCR over a previously applied coating. > > Some of us have even applied additional laminating resin over the interio r > surface before applying the Jeffco 9700 FCR. > > 'OC' Says: "The best investment we can make is the effort to gather and > understand knowledge." > > ======================== ==================== > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pienaar" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:20 PM > Subject: Re: KIS-List: Fuel tank > > > Hi > > I'm thinking of cutting a hole in each bay and then resealing from the > inside and then repairing the hole again. > > The reference that OC gave > > http://wiki.velocityxl.com/index.php?title=Jeffco_Fuel_Tank_Sealer > > says: "Do not apply over old epoxies or other previously applied coatings . " > > I cannot get hold of Jeffco, there is no Jeffco website and the phone num ber > that is listed in the yellow pages is non existent. so if anybody has a > number for Jeffco I would appreciate it > > Thanks > > Mike > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 07:35:00 le, List Admin. =0A=0A=0A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kis-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/KIS-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kis-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kis-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.