Imperfections in final piece


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Shane1985
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Hi Guys,

After much blood sweat, tears and not giving up, I finally managed to make a Carbon Part which I am half happy with.

The only problem is I am finding holes in the cure resin, pin holes and air bubbles as pictured below.

I used fast hardener with the usual Epoxy as its only a small piece and allowed for it to degas for 15 minutes after stirring it thoroughly. I ran the infusion through and made sure that the epoxy being pulled through the catch pot side came though for a good while so any aired epoxy was removed. 

Then clamped off the feed line the the the catch line.

Last night was very cold probably about 1 degree but I had the heater in the shed, however when I got checked this morning the heater failed and I had to bring the part to finish curing this morning in front of a heater.

Once I demoulded I found the holes and air bubbles.

Any Help on how I can prevent this please? Its the second time this has happened. 

http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/cc51a0b8-fb19-4bf0-9735-0931.JPGhttp://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/7df93709-bd1c-42db-a41e-5698.JPGhttp://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/3fd27edf-2b0d-4ac7-8c9b-97d2.JPG




 


Shane
-Carbon Amateur-
*Never give up!*
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