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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: hover tim on December 31, 2009, 01:25:17 pm

Title: Sticking Correx
Post by: hover tim on December 31, 2009, 01:25:17 pm

Hi All

I am about to start making a Hovercraft out of correx but i am not sure what to stick it with i have look around and got reports on flashing the Correx and sticking wiht contact adhisve or saning the edgs and gluing or using a hot gue gun but i an not sure anyone ever used this stuff 

Title: Re: Sticking Correx
Post by: Klunk on December 31, 2009, 01:29:34 pm

have used hot glue but it is a temporary fixing. try looking up on rc aircraft sites as this stuff was used 20 years ago when I done aero! it was a cheap source material (free nicked from estate agents signs|)

Title: Re: Sticking Correx
Post by: dodgy geezer on January 03, 2010, 11:41:13 pm

Quote from: klunk on December 31, 2009, 01:29:34 pm

have used hot glue but it is a temporary fixing. try looking up on rc aircraft sites as this stuff was used 20 years ago when I done aero! it was a cheap source material (free nicked from estate agents signs|)

I make my boat boxes out of it and use pop rivets - here is a site which sells plastic inserts for joining corriflex fluted plastic:

http://www.mutr.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=1_426&products_id=746