Ive read some information recently that bonding CF to Aluminum can cause the Aluminum to corrode…so the information I have read says to place a piece of fiberglass cloth between the carbon fiber and the Aluminum to prevent the corrosion from potentially taking place. This isnt making sense to me because my question is, is that if your using epoxy cured CF and bonding that to the aluminum with an epoxy adhesive…isnt there a resulting layer of epoxy adhesive between the actual CF fibers and the Aluminum? Hence preventing possible contact and corrosion to result?
Plus wouldnt placing a layer of fiberglass cloth between the CF and the aluminum be a weaker bond than if it were all CF/epoxy being bonded to the Aluminum?
Anybody with experience in bonding CF to aluminum please chime in…because In the part I am building I need to get my CF bond to aluminum as strong as possible. I’m using the West System Aluminum etch kit (#860) to prep the aluminum surface and I am also using Loctite E-120HP epoxy adhesive for bonding the cured CF to the aluminum (used Aeropoxy for the CF laminating). Thanks!