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Ted wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2006 23:35:02 -0700, "socal.penguin@gmail.com"
> <socal.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> my impression was ballons and flox bring only physical contributions to
>> the mix....and therefore substituting balloons with flox would fill AND
>> strengthen a joint, but do no harm. In all my composites training, the
>> only no-no I heard was to use merely balloons when flox was called for,
>> and I am sure you knew that already.
>
> Not really, I've no experience with flox at all. But it's properties
> seem to be that it's stronger than microballoons. I'd suspect it's
> also heavy, so has a weight penalty compared to micro. I am going to
> bond some epoxy made wing fillets to the fuselage of my Glasair 3. And
> would like to mix in some flox. But in this case, I will be bonding with
> AeroPoxy, and use the flox to thicken it. But since I will have some
> flox left over, I am going to see how it mixes with vinyl ester for
> later use.
> Ted
In my use of composites, balloons were used when a very light filler was
needed and flox was used when strength was necessary. The fibers of
flox established a much stronger bond but was heavier than balloons.
The balloon mixture was much easier to sand also.
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