blue spots in carbon after infusion?


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jaffa
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Not seen this before so would appreciate your thoughts. Stack is top layer of pro finish, backed with 2 layers of black stuff, fair bit of EC fusionfix to hold it all in place.  Mould was unimould, but not a polished finish as I was only planning on doing the one ...
Using IN2 infusion resin, 50/50 fast/slow, though I've noticed the fast hardner has now gone a little yellow...
cured for 24hrs at 30degC with the aid of an electric blanket and sleeping bag Wink


This my 4th attempt at making this window vent, having played with various stacks and also trying GC50 along the way, for this latest attempt I've cut the pro finish like prepreg and I seem to have consistently got the edges right this time!

I would like to get a cosmetic finish on this, so will sand and laquer. All my other parts to date have not needed a cosmetic finish, so any advice? can I use 1k laquer?








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ps the trimmed one is the first attempt, so don't worry about the voids.  I made this as 2piece mold, but will do the other side as a single since my second attempt popped out while removing the peelply!
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Did you spray with tackspray on the mouldsurface as well?

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definitely from wax those things.
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thanks, i did indeed apply the fusion fix to the mould surface, was expecting to see dots on surface to wipe/sand off afterwards. The blue tinges in the resin on the sharper edges was unexpected.

Going to sand and laquer a spare piece before tidying this one up
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Certainly not an affect of spray tack that I've seen before, but I've only used Fusionfix once. This looks different to me though. 
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A long shot but is your spray tack dripping at the nozzle by any chance,

ive just been using some spray fix and used a piece of white signboard behind as a guard,

I notice that the spray looks blue when a thick layer built up on the white board.

putting 2 and 2 together.
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Thanks guys, agreed it's most likely the fusion fix, clearly I was a bit heavy handed with it! Will put some pics up of the finished item, it's for my track car so doesn't need to be perfect
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VVS (21/10/2015)
A long shot but is your spray tack dripping at the nozzle by any chance,

ive just been using some spray fix and used a piece of white signboard behind as a guard,

I notice that the spray looks blue when a thick layer built up on the white board.

putting 2 and 2 together.


Are you using Aerofix? Aerofix sprays on blue but dries white... I guess other spray tacks could also be blue and not change colour when they dry. Man it would have to be super heavy to appear like this though, that's like puddles! 
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Probably worth trying to just mist it from distance onto the fabric prior to laying down and being wary to let it settle a little first.

You don't usually need a lot of spray tack to give you the adhesion you need
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