Ashland makes an adhesive with all the holding properties of Plexus and no smell. It has been used in place of Plexus by Mecedes in building/assembling the Freightliner cabs for a number of years. To date they have not had a single joint failure with the Ashland.
Keith
On Feb 24, 2005, at 6:41 AM, BDally6107@xxxxxxx wrote:
Good to hear from you Bob. Thanks for the tip and the info about the IC masts.
The Plexus is expensive and nasty smelling. It's the same stuff that dentists use to glue on crowns. 49er masts use it to glue on their tracks and they avoid this problem. The great thing about it is that it is self etching so no surface sanding is required (the old stuff will have to be cleaned off). We are requiring all of our future masts from Forte to use it.
I'll take a piece of sail track, rough it up, and see how well epoxy sticks to it. I'm a little suspicious because it look a lot like the reusable stirring sticks that we use (the cured epoxy pops right off by simply bending the stick).
We'll be at a couple of regattas at your club this spring and summer with six Swifts. If you're interested, I'll bring one for you to sail in a regatta. Let me know.
Best regards,
Bram
|