sd:
i used to build and fly free flight flight model planes. competition was fierce. i got pretty good at it it. what does that have to do with this thread? well, when you are running 60 percent nitromethane model engine fuel in your balsa framed airplanes, youse gots to protect the plane from the fuel. that stuff could get into balsa so fast and seriously weaken it even faster if the wood was not sealed. i used two-part hobby poxy brand sealer. then applied a layer of silk or fiber-glas or nylon or even japanese tissue, depending on which part of the frame/fuselage (the firewall and area just behind got the fiber-glas for strength; you need that with 1/2 A engines running 20,000-plus rpms). then applied another coat or two of hobby poxy. this kind of sealer is what i intend to finish my boyd's walnut stock with for my model 96 based swede. what are some other name brands you could recommend, there, sd? i guess hobby poxy still makes there stuff.
thanks for the reminder on finishes. valuable thread, this.
