Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

There is nothing like trying to wrestle with a greased pig. That's a little what it felt like trying to hold on to fiberglass cloth.

Here are the results of the 3 tests I ran. The final one was the one where I had the best grip on the cloth.

As opposed to the earlier tests with Por15 and Epoxy, the cloth by itself would stretch some. Once the Por or Epoxy was applied, there was no stretching. It just held until it broke.

As you can see, things pulled apart in different directions.











Tried running this test 3 different times. Trying to hold on to the fiberglass was a bit of a trip.

Eventually, I rolled up each end like the above pic, that gave some substance to pinch between the pieces of plywood, trying to hold the ends there.

A couple more...

Here are some interesting results from trying to pull fiberglass cloth apart.....

PastorCharlie wrote:
Test the raw cloth and reveal the added strength of epoxy or Por15

Sounds like a good idea to me!

Test the raw cloth and reveal the added strength of epoxy or Por15

Here I measured the thickness of the Epoxy coated fiberglass cloth.

It measures roughly .025 in thickness.







Then I also measured the thickness with the Por15 over fiberglass cloth.
This also measures about the same thickness at .025.







So, there is a little difference as to when it failed, although not a huge amount. The test setup could have accounted for some of that, by not being fully square.

Fortunately, I did not trash the new scale in these tests. That's a plus.

And then --- same as before with the Epoxy.

Next step was to take a piece of fiberglass cloth, and coat it with Por15 this time, on both sides. Using the same setup like before.







This was also taken right before failure. Showing 405 lbs.

And then .... BINGO!!!