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Re: Material: Maroske Fittings
By:Dan Gallagher
Date: 5/13/2012, 5:30 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Maroske Fittings (Malcolm Schweizer)

: I use G5 all the time for when I need to glue somethig up quickly.
: When you say using teflon tape, do you mean wetting out the tape
: with it, or do you mean using the tape to temporarily hold them
: in until the epoxy cures? One issue I have had with G5 is that
: G5 does not absorb into the wood as well as "regular"
: epoxy. I quit using it to glue stuff up before wetting out
: because what happens is that when you wet the wood out for
: glassing the areas with G5 have not absorbed as much epoxy
: (because G5 is thicker) and they turn out as light spots.

: In the above I refer to West System's G5 five-minute epoxy, but I
: am sure the same would go for other brands.

The reference to telfon tape is that I wrap the mini glue stick with teflon tape before fitting into the fiberglass sleeve.

Thanks, Dan

Messages In This Thread

Material: Maroske Fittings
Dan Gallagher -- 5/13/2012, 3:27 pm
Re: Material: Maroske Fittings
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/13/2012, 5:04 pm
Re: Material: Maroske Fittings
Dan Gallagher -- 5/13/2012, 5:30 pm
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Will N2 Go -- 5/13/2012, 8:56 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 5/13/2012, 10:19 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 5/14/2012, 11:37 am
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Sean Dawe -- 5/14/2012, 12:08 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 5/14/2012, 1:28 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/14/2012, 7:45 pm
Re: Material: Maroske Fittings
Dan Gallagher -- 5/15/2012, 8:25 am
Re: Material: Maroske Fittings
Sean Dawe -- 5/15/2012, 9:17 am