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Attempted my first infusion today, doing a car boot so maybe a bit ambitious! Got as far as -25 on the vac gauge but couldn't get it to stay, but couldn't hear any more leaks after countless laps around the part.
I swallowed a brave pill and decided to infuse, hoping some bubbles would highlight the problem that I could then quickly fix. Anyhow, one side was perfect, the other side of the part looked like it had a water feature inside from the number of bubbles! Turns out they were coming through the mold, attempted to patch with gum tape but no real success.
I let it all infuse through just to finish my learning and will demold tomorrow and try again.
So I've learnt lots from this, now know how long it takes to infuse (30 mins) and several other things as it's quite a complex inner skin that I'm working on, before doing the outer skin.
Any ideas as to
1: what's caused it, it was made with unimold system. Guessing I wasn't diligent enough with my bristling in that area
2: best way to fix for round 2, do I just cover any sharp bits and envelop bag the whole thing?
All help appreciated
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air coming through mold?
jaffa
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10 Years Ago
Sand the back of the mould to remove any high spots and sharp edges then envelope bag next time, I...
carbonfibreworks
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10 Years Ago
I would follow the idea of Chris as well just to be sure. Make sure, if using breather, you dont put...
matthieutje65
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10 Years Ago
Happens more regularly than you might think. You might find that after infusing with a leak in the...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
thanks all, I'm hoping the resin hasn't gone into the mold and locked. Other than that, I'll smooth...
jaffa
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10 Years Ago
If you didn't see a big hole in the mould then it will be a tiny pinhole, so even if the resin...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Virtually all moulds will leak to a greater or lesser extent. resin won't fill the pinholes as air...
markyvee99
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10 Years Ago
Bah, that's such a myth. Vac bags don't have holes in them unless they were put there by someone or...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Sorry, but I spent years building moulds for the wind turbine business. Our drop tests were robust...
markyvee99
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10 Years Ago
Well ... maybe on very big vac-bag operations there will be some microscopic holes in most bagging...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
I'm very new to moulds etc but found a simple work around was to cut and attach a piece bag to the...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
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