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1. 01:27 AM - Door jambs (bob88)
2. 02:40 AM - Re: Door jambs (Bob Leffler)
3. 04:20 AM - Re: Door jambs (Jesse Saint)
4. 05:12 AM - Re: Door jambs (Michael Kraus)
5. 05:12 PM - Best way to protect plexiglas during installation (bob88)
6. 05:34 PM - Re: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation (Les Kearney)
7. 06:31 PM - Re: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation (Dave Saylor)
8. 07:04 PM - Re: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation (Linn Walters)
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What is best way to finish the door jambs, ie cover the screw heads and fill gaps
between cabin cover and aluminum fuselage structure? Is a layer of glass needed
or just fill with micro?
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The plans call to fill the interior door jamb gaps with flox, which is stronger
than just micro. I used flox to fill 95% of the gap and then used micro to
topcoat. Micro is easier to sand and look nice.
I also countersinked the screw holes a little deeper and then cover the heads with
micro.
On the exterior joints where it mates with aluminum, I used micro to fill the gaps,
then two layers of cloth and then used micro to blend it in to look smooth.
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> On Mar 20, 2014, at 4:22 AM, "bob88" <marty.crooks@comcast.net> wrote:
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We have not used cloth. As Bob said, flox for big gaps and the micro from there.
Do not archive.
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> On Mar 20, 2014, at 5:39 AM, Bob Leffler <rv@thelefflers.com> wrote:
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> The plans call to fill the interior door jamb gaps with flox, which is stronger
than just micro. I used flox to fill 95% of the gap and then used micro to
topcoat. Micro is easier to sand and look nice.
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> I also countersinked the screw holes a little deeper and then cover the heads
with micro.
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> On the exterior joints where it mates with aluminum, I used micro to fill the
gaps, then two layers of cloth and then used micro to blend it in to look smooth.
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>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 4:22 AM, "bob88" <marty.crooks@comcast.net> wrote:
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gaps between cabin cover and aluminum fuselage structure? Is a layer of glass
needed or just fill with micro?
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I countersunk and filled the screw heads and glassed over the door jambs and the
seam between the cabin top and the fuselage. Then (where needed) filled the
area with micro and sanded.
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> On Mar 20, 2014, at 4:22 AM, "bob88" <marty.crooks@comcast.net> wrote:
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| Subject: | Best way to protect plexiglas during installation |
Is there a best practice for plexiglas protection during installation? Also what
not use flox to glue them in? Everyone seems to dislike weld-on.
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| Subject: | Re: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation |
Marty
I am sure there are wiser people than me, but here's what I did.
First I trimmed the protective plastic back to leave a sufficient perimeter around
the window for gluing. I taped the plastic to keep it it neat. I left the
plastic on as long as possible for protection purposes while working around the
windows.
I used a Lord adhesive that I got from Geoff Combs at Aeroplastics to glue the
windows. I stayed away from Weld-on. My glass fit would have caused crazing if
I used Weldon given the pressure required to get things in place.
Cheers
Led
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| Subject: | Re: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation |
I usually just leave the plastic on the plex.
How well flox sticks to the plastic is entirely dependent on what resin
it's made with. Typical laminating resins won't bond all that well to
plex. If others are having success with Lord or something else, I'd be
inclined to try that. But I've seen a few "general purpose" and laminating
epoxies used that weren't meant specifically for plex. They didn't bond
well at all.
Weld-On makes a strong bond because I believe it sort of softens the plex.
You can think of it as kind of taking root in the plastic. Because of
that, any distortion or preload tends to craze the area around the
preloaded bond. Lots has been written about that.
Dave Saylor
831-750-0284 CL
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:11 PM, bob88 <marty.crooks@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Is there a best practice for plexiglas protection during installation?
> Also what not use flox to glue them in? Everyone seems to dislike weld-on.
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| Subject: | Re: Best way to protect plexiglas during installation |
On 3/20/2014 8:11 PM, bob88 wrote:
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> Is there a best practice for plexiglas protection during installation?
ACS has spray lat that puts a latex coating on the plexiglass .... the
thicker the coat the easier it is to peel off.
> Also what not use flox to glue them in? Everyone seems to dislike weld-on.
I plan on using the rubber sealant that they use to glue car windshields
in and cover the joint with real lightweight fiberglass cloth.
There's also a product called sikaflex.
http://www.rv8.ch/article.php/20041122082807627
I think flox will be too brittle and will crack loose due to the
expansion coefficient differences between the acrylic and the FG cabin top.
Linn
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