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the carbon was prepreg
By:Brian C.
Date: 10/29/1998, 4:32 pm
In Response To: Re: nothing with acetone (Nolan Penney)


> Fwiw, I'm not sure acetone will eat through cured epoxy. In fact, I rather
> doubt it. I've had brushes filled with epoxy that I had plunked in cups of
> acetone set up and cure completely. Granted, it took quite a while, but
> they did cure.

The car body was fully cured, the carbon was preimpregnated, cured under a vaccum in an autoclave.

Looks like the resin reacts differently to solvents.

Take a look at the front of the car and you can see the upper layer of resin is gone.

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Messages In This Thread

How to get padding off?
David Walker -- 10/27/1998, 9:31 pm
Re: How to get padding off?
Nick Schade -- 10/28/1998, 5:25 pm
Re: How to get padding off?
Don Varnau -- 10/28/1998, 9:03 am
nothing with acetone
Brian C. -- 10/29/1998, 12:52 am
Re: nothing with acetone
Nolan Penney -- 10/29/1998, 8:37 am
Re: nothing with acetone
Brian C. -- 10/30/1998, 12:55 am
Re: nothing with acetone
Nolan Penney -- 10/29/1998, 2:29 pm
Re: Additives
Mark Kanzler -- 10/29/1998, 5:46 pm
Re: Additives
Nolan Penney -- 10/30/1998, 6:45 am
Re: Additives
Mark Kanzler -- 10/30/1998, 2:08 pm
the carbon was prepreg
Brian C. -- 10/29/1998, 4:32 pm
Re: the carbon was prepreg
Nolan Penney -- 10/30/1998, 6:48 am
them's the brakes
Brian C. -- 10/31/1998, 12:11 am
Re: the carbon was prepreg
David Dick -- 10/29/1998, 8:10 pm
Re: nothing with acetone
Mark Kanzler -- 10/29/1998, 1:00 pm
Re: good point
Don Varnau -- 10/28/1998, 2:23 pm