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Shane1985
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.
Shane
-Carbon Amateur-
*Never give up!*
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Shane1985
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10 Years Ago
HI Shane, Its hard to tell from the pictures EXACTLY what could cause the issue. However already...
Warren (Staff)
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10 Years Ago
Brilliant thanks Warren, I think you may be on to a winner with the Bridging issue. I think I need...
Shane1985
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10 Years Ago
seen your pictures on your instagram where you tagged me :) my phone is broken so I'm...
matthieutje65
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10 Years Ago
I also had this problem. After talking to warren we found out the vacuum pump wasn't strong enough...
Chris Smith
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10 Years Ago
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