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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?

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.

all true except for the cleaning after flaming. just clean the surface with water prior to sanding and flaming.