Re: Carbon pole repair

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:17:25 -0400

That's probably a better system than what I used if you want to restore the strength of the pole to something close to the original. I have found that gluing the splits together with thin CA works for a temporary repair.

For my poles I glued the splits, sanded them down smooth and then used 1/2 oz fiberglass applied with CA to do a permanent repair. I spread the fiberglass out on my work surface, dusted the broken area of the pole with 3M77, rolled the pole in the glass, used a soft brush to brush the fiberglass smooth, soaked the whole glassed area with thin CA and used tissues to wipe off the excess. I cleaned the excess 3M77 off with lighter fluid. It seems to have worked pretty well. I had to repair three damaged areas that were probably close to a foot long each.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: John Kagan
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:48 PM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Carbon pole repair





  Found this while surfing around. The technique is to use a carbon sleeve whetted with epoxy and heatshrink tubing to compress it (like vacuum bagging). Then cut the heatshrink off, and viola.

  http://sollercomposites.com/composites/carbon%20fiber%20sleeves.html#shrink



  


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