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pedcrist	pedcrist posted 12 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 42, Visits: 350	Hi I need to skin a motorcycle fender with cf, but it is in raw metal. Do i have to aplly some primer first, to prevent the appearence of rust? Pedro
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Skinning raw metal

pedcrist - 12 Years Ago

Hi Pedro, No, you should be fine to apply the skin of carbon fibre direct to the metal; in fact the...

Matt (Staff) - 12 Years Ago

[quote][b]Matt (Staff) (03/12/2012)[/b][hr]Hi Pedro, No, you should be fine to apply the skin of...

marc37i - 12 Years Ago

Hi Marc, The bond would be better to bare, keyed, metal than it would to the plastic of the paint....

Matt (Staff) - 12 Years Ago

[quote][b]Matt (Staff) (04/12/2012)[/b][hr]Hi Marc, The bond would be better to bare, keyed, metal...

marc37i - 12 Years Ago

etch the metal

Jack.Strong - 12 Years Ago

Hi, You would not need to etch the metal because epoxy will form an ionic bond with the bonding...

Kevin-Lee - 12 Years Ago

Thanks, Matt and Kevin-lee. Pedro

pedcrist - 12 Years Ago

You're welcome. i'll second what Kevin says, I don't think etching would be neccessary, a mechanical...

Matt (Staff) - 12 Years Ago

I've just skinned a bare metal bonnet with 1 layer of 200gm plain weave CF, unfortunately I can now...

marc37i - 12 Years Ago

Hi Marc, OK, yes, that's an unfortunate lesson you've learned there which is that a single layer of...

Matt (Staff) - 12 Years Ago

[quote][b]Matt (Staff) (18/12/2012)[/b][hr]Hi Marc, OK, yes, that's an unfortunate lesson you've...

marc37i - 12 Years Ago

Epoxy bonds to epoxy when the epoxy you're bonding to is in the 'B' stage of its cure; this allows...

Matt (Staff) - 12 Years Ago

Thanks Matt

marc37i - 12 Years Ago

number 1 is gr8 as an option ,u dont have to go through the headeack of removing it, conside it as a...

mhdghoul - 12 Years Ago

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