I'm considering laminating my build with spectra cloth, it's non-porous and 15 times the strength of steel with 40x less weight; providing I can get the cloth in an acceptable thickness. Has anyone done this already? My build is EPO so I believe I may use Gorilla Glue to adhere the laminate.
Any thoughts are appreciated?
Thanks,
Corey
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Try 3M 2216 Epoxy for gluing already laminated fiberglass or Carbon fiber or spectra laminate.
http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?6666660Zjcf6lVs6EVs666G...
You can find it on Amazon and occasionally get a good deal on it on EBay (it isn't cheap).
This might work as a laminating resin but isn't designed for it and if you want to get anything like the specified strength you actually need to use an appropriate for the material laminating resin.
You need to look up Spectra and recommended laminating resins.
Gorilla glue is not even close.
Gary,
Thank you this looks like a great adhesive. Unfortunately the adhesive will have to be foam compatible. Honeywell tech support contacted me and advised that Spectra would not be practical due to the surface properties. I'm not convinced this is true for my intended application. The other industry laminate options recommend Gorilla glue for laminating over foam, but the laminate is likely different than Spectra. I'm not sure if it is possible to laminate Spectra over foam, but at some point I will prove a method or disprove one..
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