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Old 03-30-2020, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
I'm currently building a Semroc Orbital Transport.
I'm sanding/sealing all balsa prior to assembly.


A while back I experimented with sealer prior to gluing parts to see if it would make a weak joint. Of course I was careful not to get sealer on root edge of the balsa parts. I glued a bare balsa fin to a body tube with aliphatic glue, added glue fillets and allowed to dry for a week. I did another fin, sealed with 4 coats of Brodak sealer and did the same thing. After a week I tried to break the fins off. Both were solid, and I could not tell a difference when trying to break the fins off.
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