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ducatichiang	ducatichiang posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 29	Hi everyone, Sorry for my poor English. I want to use carbon fiber to fix/reinforce my scooter ABS parts. The plan is make some carbon fiber tenon(Sorry. I am not sure how to call it in English...) to replace original tenon on the part. Please refer to the red mark in the picture. I need make two materials stick together(ABS and carbon fiber). The question is what kind of adhesive should I use? E515, ET500, ET538, PT326, PU18 or others solution/advised? Best Regards & Thanks
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ChrisR	ChrisR posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 363, Visits: 3K	The ABS needs to be treated to allow the epoxy to bond. CLEAN ABRADE (400grit) CLEAN FLAME TREAT (Pass a naked flame from a blowtorch over it quick enough not to char/burn/deform the ABS but slow enough to react the surface) ALLOW TO COOL EPOXY Don't touch the flame treated surface otherwise the oils in your skin will stop the thing from bonding. Search Youtube for ABS Flame Treatment Chris.
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	Chris is correct with the preparation and epoxy will bond when used in this way. However we would recommend our VuduGlu™ VM100 Black as it has a slightly better bond strength when used on hard to bond to plastics such as ABS. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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f1rob	f1rob posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 237, Visits: 4.8K	Depending on how much your going to do you might like to try Wurth Sabasto Replast easy Its used to repair plastic bumpers so sticks without all the other hassle Also unlike 99% of other glues when it sets it doesn't go hard and brittle it still has a bit of flex Also sticks to carbon Very well comes in 3 different speeds an is designed to be used with a applicator gun and mixer nozzles which can work out expensive but most of the time we forget about the nozzles and just use the gun to dispence onto a mixing board an mix by hand
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ducatichiang	ducatichiang posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 29	Thank you all of you!! These information are very useful and important to me. Best Regards & Thanks
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