One of those "Ohhhhh NOOOOOOO!" moments!

[Tom]

So I have been working on a Estes Star Orbiter over the last week. It was coming along really nicely with tapered and papered fins, A good set of the motor mount. Spirals filled on the BT primed, sanded, got the fins on nice and straight. Only thing left is the fillets!

20191111_165139 by Tom Whit, on Flickr

Hey! that looks pretty good.

Then I picked it up and turned it over.....

20191111_165152 by Tom Whit, on Flickr

Learned my lesson, do them one at a time!

 

[David Schwantz]

Heat will soften epoxy. Might be able to peel them carefully off and start over.

 

[neil_w]

Learned my lesson, do them one at a time!

Yep, at least with liquidy epoxy, you can do two facing fillets at a time.

Another benefit of wood glue: with TB Quick and Thick you can do them all at once and they won’t run.

 

[Tom]

Heat will soften epoxy. Might be able to peel them carefully off and start over.

It has cured for over 12 hours. Too late for that I think.

 

[Tom]

Ugh too late for an edit. But quick question.

Do you guys whom use wood glue also use it for the motor mount, tubes and rings?

 

[tim cubbedge]

Yes. Wood glue is fine for cardboard tubes.

 

[neil_w]

These days I often use epoxy to glue the MMT into the body, just due to its lack of grabbing.

 

[David Schwantz]

Never too late to use heat. It WILL soften it up. Once it gets soft, most times it will scrape right off. I will then just let it cool, sand area again and reglue.

 

[John Taylor]

I run a line of masking tape down the other side to prevent that.