Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #52230
From: Frederick Moreno <frederickmoreno@bigpond.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: RE: fiberfrax
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:58:49 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>

Look for Zetex industrial cloth, used for high temperature environments, fibreglass fabric covered with aluminized reflective coating, applied with silicone rubber.  You cut it to fit with scissors, and glue it in place.  Would be fine over Fiberfrax.   Be sure to glue the edges down well.  Cut a paper pattern first, fit in place, cut some reliefs for curved sections, and go for it.

 

Google Zetex or see

 

www.newtex.com/

 

I bought a roll and have used it widely including lining the interior of the lower cowl where the exhaust was starting to discolour the fibreglass with heat.   My Cirrus buddy had blistering the paint on his wheel pants due to brake disk heating, a well known Cirrus problem.  We cut some Zetex, put it into the heat damaged area, problem stopped.

 

Fred

 

-----Original Message-----
From: terrence o'neill [mailto:troneill@charter.net]
Sent: Saturday, 18 July 2009 2:11 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: fiberfrax

 

Would anyone have a suggestion on a coating or paint  to protect fiberfrax from the elements, water, dirt, oil, etc.?

 

Also, any comments on fireproofing the inside of the nosewheel well which is open at the firewall when the gear is down?

 

Terrence

L235/320 N211AL

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