Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Bonding carbon to carbon?

[antonye]

Nice one Neil, the repairs look superb!

[Felix]

Neil, judging by those picture, you've got superb skills, mate. Those airtubes look great. Would it be too cheeky to ask you for a repair job on a couple of airtubes? Just small cracks, no pieces missing. I'll be glad to show you as a sponsor on my race bike. You are about to start this as a business, aren't you? Aren't you?! No! You should, you know.

[neil748r]

no plans to start as a business . . . . . yet! So far it's just been for myself and friends and acquantances.

Felix, I'd be happy to take a look at your tubes, see what can be done. In the first instance (and to save you sending them to me at the moment) can you take a few pics of them?

Cheers, Neil.

P.S. Thanks for the kind words, at this rate I won't be able to squeeze my head through the door!!!

[Road Runner]

neil748r
Just had a word with the guys in the carbon shop and they say use locktite 9323 to bond carbon together and hysol 11 epoxy resin as a filler.
Thats what holds the race car together.

I think we could do with some in our engines ??

[neil748r]

Thanks RR,

The biggest problem is that there is a void between the two parts so I need something that'll both fill the void and bond the 2 parts together at the same time.

Spoke to 3M this afternoon and they've recommended one of their products, DP490. It's black, fills voids, sets hard, is oil resistant, has a very high adhesion factor and is designed to be used with carbon fiber. Sounded ideal so I've ordered some.

Fingers crossed and all that!

Cheers, Neil.

[Felix]

Hey, what do you know. I was almost right with the DP460. Glad you got a result, Neil.

[neil748r]

No, thank you!

Wouldn't have thought about 3M - give yourself a big pat on the back mate!

Cheers, Neil.