Keeping the pump on while curing

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Jcookson	Jcookson posted 13 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 124	Hi I infused half of a hull this weekend and after it had infused I found the pressure started dropping my question is, can the vacuum pump be left on while the part is curing of will in suck the resin out the laminate or could in put and extra vac port in that doesn't come in to contact with the infusion mesh. Also does anyone know of and infusion mesh that is easy to use.
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Warren	Warren posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 214, Visits: 782	andygtt (11/12/2012) you wont suck too much resin out of the part, what will happen though is that you MAY fill the vacume pot with resin and get issues here so keep an eye on it and empty as required. Remember you technically only need enough resin to wet the cloth out... if its been wetted I dont think you can suck resin out and 'unwet' it so the part will just be lighter and yet just as strong... the drawback is finish.... certainly this is my experience. yes you cant make it 100% dry, but you can suck out enough resin to make the surface 100% pinholed on the vacuum end of the part. Ive done that before. Sure its still strong and is as light as it can be but highly cosmetically flawed obviously.
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