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Re: Seeking: Carbon Fiber Cockpit/Coaming
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 6/29/2012, 4:59 pm
In Response To: Re: Seeking: Carbon Fiber Cockpit/Coaming (Sean Dawe)

Sean,

Rutan used room temp epoxy almost exclusively. There would have been no real difference with West System, which is what I use.
I have stripped West with a heat gun, it takes quite a lot to get to the softening temperature.

Marc

Marc: I have no experience with this method whatsoever but make sure your
: temps do not get too high. I lifted the following from the West
: Systems website for softening and removing cured epoxy:

: "Use a heat gun to soften the epoxy (200°F). Heat a small
: area and use a paint or cabinet scraper to remove the bulk of
: the coating. Sand the surface to remove the remaining material.
: Provide ventilation when heating epoxy."

: http://www.westsystem.com/ss/clean-up-removing

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Seeking: Carbon Fiber Cockpit/Coaming
danperry -- 6/27/2012, 10:46 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 12:32 am
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Erik -- 6/28/2012, 2:35 am
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 7:40 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/28/2012, 9:18 am
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 10:08 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/28/2012, 11:02 am
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 12:10 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 1:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2012, 2:12 am
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Robert l -- 6/28/2012, 1:28 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 1:32 pm
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Robert l -- 6/28/2012, 1:35 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 3:34 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 2:28 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 3:43 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 6/28/2012, 3:54 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 4:35 pm
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Eric Mattison -- 6/28/2012, 4:24 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 5:51 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 9:27 pm
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danperry -- 6/29/2012, 11:23 pm
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mick allen -- 6/28/2012, 4:29 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/28/2012, 11:19 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 6/29/2012, 1:50 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/29/2012, 4:59 pm
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Bryan K -- 6/29/2012, 2:49 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/29/2012, 5:13 pm
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Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 8:22 am
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danperry -- 6/29/2012, 11:02 pm
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Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 8:20 am
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danperry -- 7/2/2012, 6:08 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/2/2012, 7:29 pm
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danperry -- 7/2/2012, 7:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2012, 1:03 am