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I am currently in the process of making car parts from carbon fibre. As some of them must be more temperature resistant I buildt a curing oven for the infusion made carbon parts. Everything is controlled by a PID controller.
Right now I am making the molds out of glassfibre. The question is should I also cure the glassfibre molds and should I cure them together with the part I am making the mold of? Like should I leave the steel door of the car on the mold while curing it? To prevent warping?
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4age
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4 Years Ago
If you have the option to cure the mould with the plug, then this is always preferable. This means however, that the plug and the release agent have to resist to these temperatures and that you have....
SleepingAwake
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4 Years Ago
Definitely better to post-cure together with plug if the plug is high temperature stable. Sheetmetal parts are ok. Be carefull if the car doors are already painted, the temperature limit of standard....
Rosta Spicl
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4 Years Ago
No, most automotive paints will be quite happy going as high as 150/160° C. The issue with them is even high solids 2k paints have a lot of solvents in them, and as the temperature goes up those...
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