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  1. 3rd July 2009, 08:46 AM #1
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    Default Home made balsa wood hardener

    Hello all,

    I see most of N. Americans use Earls Wood Hardener when it comes to use it for balsa plane scale models and other woodcrafts.

    I live in Costa Rica and I cannot import this product that easily due to a number of regulations. Down here there is nothing like it and I cannot find a substitute.

    ...and then I found this web site!

    Do any of you have an idea how can I make a homemade balsa wood hardener? Only alternative so far is fiberglass resin.

    Muchas gracias por su ayuda,

    - apg
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    I've used the stuff, and it seemed a lot like a very thin PVA glue to me. It's pricey and I wasn't overly impressed with it - I'd go for one of the nice thin boat building epoxy resins like WEST Epoxy which will give you both an adhesive and something that will reinforce the face strength of balsa.
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