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Carbonphoenix
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Hey all,
Been having problems,
One of my staff has been laying up some new moulds (vinylester tooling), and despite post cure and 10 waxes, the prepreg is sticking badly.
So much so, that we have to break the part to save the tooling, to the point of literally ripping it out.
What the hell is the issue?
over cooked? tooling not post cured enough?
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Carbon sticking to gelcoat
Carbonphoenix
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5 Years Ago
Is it a high temperature wax? And if it is, can it actually handle the temperature you are curing at? Lots of 'high temperature' release waxes are really only designed to handle higher exotherm...
Hanaldo
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5 Years Ago
It's supposed to be. We have been using it on other mouldings and had been fine 'marbocoat 290'. I haven't checked the data sheet ref temperatures, but will have a gander. Was concerned if my oven i...
Carbonphoenix
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5 Years Ago
+ x [quote] [b] Carbonphoenix - 12/3/2020 3:18:19 AM [/b] + x [quote]...
Carbonphoenix
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5 Years Ago
I mean it does also look like the resin hasnt flowed nicely at all, there's lots of dry spots. So over heating could be an issue.
Hanaldo
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5 Years Ago
In general wax and prepreg are not an ideal combo. I have never had good results, even using high temp wax - porosity happens and it is hard to demold clean. A sealer and semi-permanent chemical...
explorecomposites
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5 Years Ago
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