Bill,
Next time, spray a mist of 3M77 on the back of the fiberglass instead of the work. The fiberglass cuts much easier with no loose fibers and there is no over spray on your project.
Mark
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From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_comcast.net>
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 4:17:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Carbon pole repair
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_Constructio n] 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://sollercompos ites.com/ composites/ carbon%20fiber% 20sleeves. html#shrink
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