Subject: Aluminum prep for bonding
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 12/23/2006, 7:18 AM
To: AARotary Engine

This stuff really works. It is mandatory
for making p-port rotor housings.

I made two test coupons out of 6061 T6 and bent them
after 24 hour cure. One was treated and one was not
treated. The JB Weld was thinned with a half teaspoon
of acetone per small tube package. The untreated aluminum
snapped apart with little or no force without bending the
coupon metal. I was able to bend the treated coupon no problem.
I'll run a shear test on the good  coupon later.

The West Systems preparation stuff is not alodine
as there is no colorization involved. I don't know
what it is but I think it is a caustic etch.

Merry Christmas.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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