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October 23rd 03, 08:07 AM
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Read about "water break" testing and solvent cleaning.
http://www.lmaeronautics.com/materia...docs/pg054.pdf http://www.westsystem.com/ewmag/20/Contamination.html These two documents have information on surface preparation for bonding. I built several glued together aluminum fuel tanks and discovered that I could consistently make a glue joint fail if I wiped the joint surfaces with acetone or alcohol after etching and rinsing with water. So I stopped solvent wiping. I never tried MEK. Here are two of my tanks: http://home.teleport.com/~guynoir/re...edinterior.JPG 
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