Commercial E-glass fiber and Toray carbon fiber plain woven fabrics were purchased from Easy Composites, UK. The areal weight of the glass fabric was approximately ~290 g/m² with a weave density of 4 ends and picks per cm. The areal weight of the carbon fiber fabric was approximately ~90 g/m² with a weave density of 7 ends and picks per cm. EL2 epoxy laminating resin and AT30 slow hardener were purchased from Easy Composites, UK. Araldite 2011 A/B epoxy adhesive was purchased from Huntsman, USA. 2-Propanol (≥99.5%) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, UK.