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Interior/Exterior Carbon Fiber mounting bracket advice.

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Old 09-13-2011, 07:03 PM
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Carbon Fiber mounting bracket advice.

I have a custom made Carbon Fiber hood scoop that I bought off a fellow NAMer. Just recently had 3 of the mounting tabs break off at the mounting point. No damage was done to either surface. I have never worked with Carbon before, Is there any special epoxy or method I should use to reattach these?







 
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Old 09-13-2011, 07:30 PM
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I would clean the mounts and scoop then use 1 hour set time epoxy. Don't use the 5 minute epoxy it is brittle.
 
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Old 09-13-2011, 07:39 PM
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some epoxies are not compatible with each other. It might be a good idea to contact the person you purchased it from and find out which type of epoxy was used to create the piece. Just so it doesn't come off again.
 
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Old 09-14-2011, 06:47 AM
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It may seem too "low tech" but Liquid Nails would hold it extremely well and it's viscous enough that it would interdigitate with the holes on the clip well. Plus, it's fairly inert (as epoxies go) so there's low risk of it damaging the CF part.
 
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Old 09-14-2011, 06:01 PM
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