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We used to just coat our model airplane engine area with clear two-part epoxy glue. Any brand will do. Paint it on with an acid brush. As far as I know, virtually all epoxies are impervious to both alcohol (on which model airplanes run) and gasoline. Greg At 11:28 PM 4/4/2003 -0600, Sydney Cohen wrote: >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > > >Hi Joe, > The cork was coated with shellac. Shellac works fine with avgas, but > not very well with auto gas. I've seen it act kind of like paint that > has been treated with paint stripper. If you are considering using auto > gas I recommend recoating your cork floats with epoxy varnish. You can > get it from Poly-Fiber. > >Syd Cohen > > >joe whetnall wrote: > >>----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >>advice in this forum.]---- >> >> >>Hello all >>Just wonder what was used to seal the fuel tank float >>cork? Was it shellac? or some other type of sealer? >>any info will help. >>Joe W in the Great Northwest >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more >>http://tax.yahoo.com >>======================================================================== ====== >>To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm >>Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ >> >> >> >> >>. >> >> > > >========================================================================= ===== >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm >Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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