I bought some unidirectional carbon laminate strips for my upcoming Bird of Time project, and was surprised to see the fabric weave texture on them - I thought they'd sent the wrong items... the response from CST is below. I still think it seems odd - I was expecting to just lightly sand the surface and clean with alcohol to prep for laminating to the wood spar. Is a texture formed by excess resin really the best situation? Seems like it will be more difficult to get it perfectly clean before gluing...
>We texture the surfaces of our carbon laminates so you will not have >to >sand them. The carbon fibers are unidirectional. The surface >texture is >done during the curing process with Teflon Coated Glass >that is removed >after the carbon is cured. The result is the epoxy >bleeds into the fabric >texture and cures on the surface with the >weave of the TCG. This process >improves your bond with the carbon >since the bondable surface area is >increased. > >I hope this answers your questions. Please feel free to inquire >anytime >you have questions or concerns. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
