• gunpilot
  
  

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  Posted: May 07, 2009 - 03:30 PM

  After a great posting by Andrew Scott I realize I now have delamination on the tops of my hulls except around 3 of the posts.
  
  After some reading about the method of epoxy injection I think that may work. I could spend a fortune on Git-Rot and then I realzed I have over a half gallon of slow dry Silver Tip in my garage.
  
  Now my delema is what to use for injection. And will this be enough.
  
  Any Idea's?
  
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• TurboCat
  
  

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  Posted: May 08, 2009 - 04:42 PM

  I used the penetrating epoxy from West marine and it worked great on my old hobie. It was 1/3rd the price of Git-rot and was supposed to be an equal product.
  
  I have no idea what silvertip is so im not sure. Just thought i would throw out my solution to the git-rot sticker shock!

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• gunpilot
  
  

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  Posted: May 08, 2009 - 04:53 PM

  Thank you for the reply, I was planning on stopping by West Marine on Monday when Im down in Panama City, Ill check it out.
  
  Sliver Tip is just two part epoxy like MAAS. I used it on 3 different Kayaks I built
  
  Bobby

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• rhuntbach
  
  

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  Posted: May 09, 2009 - 01:16 AM

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  Now my delema is what to use for injection

  
  
  I've done the injection fix on a couple Hobies and I found a meat injector works best. You can get them at Walmart for 2 or 3 bucks, and they do a good job. They're fairly high capacity too, compared to most syringes.

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• gunpilot
  
  

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  Posted: May 09, 2009 - 01:23 AM

  Thanks for the reply Ryan.
  
  Its amazing what you can find at work. 70cc syringes free for the taking. The mechanics use them for "duh" filling in delaminated honeycomb!
  
  I brough home 20, that should do the job!

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• rhuntbach
  
  

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  Posted: May 09, 2009 - 11:37 AM

  Nice! That's a good find!

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• MN3
  
  

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  Posted: May 11, 2009 - 12:07 PM

  
  what kind of mechanics work on honeycomb?
  

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• popeyez7
  
  

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  Posted: May 11, 2009 - 12:09 PM

  Beehive mechanics??
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2009 - 12:10 PM

  was that supposed to be the $100,000 dollar question?
  
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  and other toys.......
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  Bernhards Bay. ~~~~~~
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• gunpilot
  
  

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  Posted: May 11, 2009 - 12:48 PM

  Aircraft mechanics.

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• MN3
  
  

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  Posted: May 11, 2009 - 12:58 PM

  Alex, i will take... "honeycomb" for $500.

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• gunpilot
  
  

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  Posted: May 12, 2009 - 02:48 AM

  Having fun with the injection, finished the first hull today using just over a quart of epoxy.
  
  I started by drilling holes in the center every 6 inches, then after that cured I did a push test down the sides closer to the edge looking for soft spots and filling those up randomly.
  
  Im really pleased how well it stiffened up!
  
  Thank you for everyones input!

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• gunpilot
  
  

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  Posted: May 12, 2009 - 02:53 AM

  Andrew,
  
  What is most of the skin on an AH-64D made of?
  
  "Beep Beep"
  
  A lot of the aircraft surfaces are honeycomb with kevlar laminated to it. Same as delamination on a hull, when you start getting soft spots, you can inject epoxy.

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  Posted: May 12, 2009 - 08:59 AM

  gunpilot

  Andrew,
  What is most of the skin on an AH-64D made of?
  

  
  
  
  Alex, what is chocolate?

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