Gidday Tony C,
Interesting! I'd prefer to be conservative with the effective strength of
mechanical bonds in this scenario v/s chemical bonds if it is all layed up
wet, from "wo to go". Amazing the divergences you can make from the book
once you become a Technical Councillor! :-)). Are you, in a rather
roundabout way, saying "this happened to me"??
Regards
Tony Renshaw
Builder No.236
> If you stop because you wreck a cloth skin, the
>> microslurry filling the pores will cure, and have a hard, smooth surface
>> totally unsuitable for future bonding.
>
>Now that statement is actually debateable and I did debate it at Sun 'n Fun
>with an EAA Composite Tech Counsellor. He actually micros the surface
>beforehand, lets it dry and then light sands the surface before laying up. I
>am not sure if I would let him near my machine but there must be a few
>aircraft flying out there with surfaces made like that as he says he is not
>the only one microsing early.
>
>Tony
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