Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 04:10:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mpls-qmqp-03.inet.qwest.net ([63.231.195.114] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with SMTP id 2574558 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:52:45 -0400 Received: (qmail 87075 invoked by uid 0); 10 Sep 2003 06:41:28 -0000 Received: from mpls-pop-03.inet.qwest.net (63.231.195.3) by mpls-qmqp-03.inet.qwest.net with QMQP; 10 Sep 2003 06:41:28 -0000 Received: from dnvr-dsl-gw20-poola4.dnvr.uswest.net (HELO marauder) (65.100.144.4) by mpls-pop-03.inet.qwest.net with SMTP; 10 Sep 2003 06:52:44 -0000 X-Original-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:52:51 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <000101c37768$27b0d3f0$0300000a@marauder> From: "Mike Hutchins" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: Adhesive Bonding of Aluminum MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Hi Denny, Here is a link to the Hysol Surface Preparation Guide: http://www.loctiteaero.com/DownLoads/surface_preparation_guide.pdf I'm not sure which adhesive was recommended to you by Lancair, but it appears that either Hysol EA9360 or EA9396 would be a reasonable choice for your application (based on my reading of the Hysol selection guide - http://www.loctiteaero.com/DownLoads/selector_guide.pdf) . EA9360 is a toughened, structural adhesive with a high peel strength, however it is thixotropic (jelly like at rest bur liquefies when stirred) and may therefore be difficult to adequately mix in the garage (I have never used this product so I am only guessing about the mixing) EA9396 is a toughened, structural adhesive with moderate peel strength and low viscosity, so it should be easy to mix in the usual fashion. Good Luck, Mike Hutchins