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jin
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by jin » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:34 am
It's first time using ABS sidewalls for me.
I put the ABS on the core by superglue and it worked.
But bond with epoxy after sanding the ABS, it didn't work.
Anybody knows how to bond the ABS sidewalls?
I heard about flame them by hand torch, does that work? If the flame treatment work, how to do that?
mikic1
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by mikic1 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:39 am
Sanding with course sandpaper, flame treating (just going over it with a torch) and also cleaning with alcohol (ethanol) is all something that helps to improve the bounding between epoxy and abs. Try to search for it a bit in the forum and also on youtube there is a number of videos.
chrismp
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by chrismp » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:58 am
all true except for the cleaning after flaming. just clean the surface with water prior to sanding and flaming.