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Our hangar has a heater that actually does a pretty
good job of warming it up a bit. Several degrees anyway with all the
doors closed. I used a heat gun last week to lay micro and it worked very
well.
When I was still in my garage, I made heat tents to
let the layup cure. I would drape a thick plastic sheet over the layup
with stand-offs to prevent it from laying on the part and would put a small
electrical heater with a blower on one end of the tent. This worked very
well for me. I remember specifically for my canard and elevators.
Even a heat gun will really make a difference
during the lay ups if you want to work in the cold, which I did. You will
have to wait longer for cure. When hot, I have never not had a cured to
the touch when coming in the next day, however, when cold a layup may still be
tacky upon my return several hours later the next day.
Hope some of this helps.
All the best,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:30
PM
Subject: Heating your Hanger ??
Richard and Chris,
Hope
you are doing well and just wanted to let you know that I am enjoying the
meetings and hope to get more involved with the chapter.
But
the real reason for my email is to ask what you two do to heat you
hanger when its to cold for glass work?
My
right inside fuse layup went ok with temps just above 70, but the left side is
filled with voids after cure when the temps were just over 60 and then it
dipped into the 70's during the night.
the
I
have just finished a heat box to keep my epoxy warm between work sessions, but
need some way to get a two car garage to about 75 degrees to get any work done
during the winter.
Take
care and fly safe,
Matt
Stecher
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