epp foam & CA glue

[dumbthumbs]

will regular CA glue attack epp foam or do I need to use ufo glue ? :D

[PROACE]

CA will attack and some glues like UFO will release chemicals when they heat up on a sunny day or in a hot room and these off gassed chemicals will attack the foam. So use whatever is recommended and start a new thread or do a search in the foam or park flyer forum "what is the best glue for EPP"

[raptor22]

EPP is fine. CA will not attack it, even the thin stuff that is the worst. It will, however, attack eps. I'm pretty sure urethane foam as well.

--Alex

[dumbthumbs]

raptor22 & proace
I bought a bd5 from PDX slopepilot and I think he said it was epp foam and I want to use ca easy hinges with the balsa aeilrons and on the vertical fin w/a peice of 1/8th x1/8th to give it a smoother look instead of open corrigated plastic when I cover it . :D

[raptor22]

Kicker will be a good insurance to help aginst that as well as the better material of epp. It's rare, but there are a few people that have had it melt the foam a bit.

--Alex

[macr0t0r]

You may want to make sure it is foam-safe kicker, though. Some of my regular kicker caused the thin CA to heat up so fast that it partially melted the EPP a little! Foam-safe kicker tends to be a little slower to prevent the blast of heat.

[dumbthumbs]

man talk about alot of help thanks soo much for all the reply's you guy's and have a great day G. :D

[surfimp]

CA is fine with EPP. I use it all the time to glue in carbon spars on small planes. No worries whatsoever--so long as it's EPP.

Steve