You are correct about the CC, not OZ. Mixing 4 OZ at a time sounds like what I want to do as I am only doing small repairs.
Thanks, this should get me started. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2011 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN There is a time for building and it never seems to end. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 10:44 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Help Needed mixing Vinyl Ester Dan Heath wrote: > My instructions that came with the VE say 5oz to a pint. No way I need to > mix a pint at a time. I don't have my finished-up can of vinylester with me, but I'm pretty sure it says 5 CC's of resin per pint, rather than 5 ounces! I don't think my gallon came with but about 3 ounces total of catalyst anyway. I'm guessing that five ounces could cook off and cause a small thermonuclear explosion that could possible take out 4-5 neighboring hangars in about two nanoseconds after mixing. So assuming my memory isn't completely gone on this, I used a tiny syringe about half the size of a pencil, which was something like ONE cc for the whole thing, graduated in tenths of a cc. I mixed 4 or 8 ounces at a time to do my fuel tank, because any more than that would go exothermic and harden solid in 12 minutes in the hundred degree heat of my hangar this summer. I found that 1cc syringe in some old stuff of Jim Hill's, and my veterinarian brother confirmed that he uses them on occasion. Local farm coops are known to sell syringes, and even the drug store might sell you a pack of them for cheap with the needles removed. Your local vet would probably give you his old ones with the needles removed if you asked him. Your mileage will probably vary, of course... Mark Langford N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.com -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
