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Fibreglass Cowling

Postby Corby202 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 2:21 am

I need to do some fibreglass work on my cowling. Did you guy's use polyester or epoxy?? I know the cowling is polyester but would prefer to use epoxy, just not sure how strong the joints will be.
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Re: Fibreglass Cowling

Postby Gripdana » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:11 am

I used West Systems which I believe is an epoxy. It did the job very well
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Re: Fibreglass Cowling

Postby kmacht » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:33 am

I second the west systems epoxy. I did the whole horizontal split mid with it and the stuff worked great. If you have a boat supply place near you they usually stock it.

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Re: Fibreglass Cowling

Postby sonex892 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:39 pm

Phil
Either resin will work on polyester. I narrowed the universal cowl quite a bit to better fit the Jabiru and used polyester for that. Its still good after 5 years.
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Re: Fibreglass Cowling

Postby Corby202 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:19 pm

Thanks guy's. Sounds like I should be ok using Epoxy.
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