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John Hovell
John Hovell
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Help please. I make model glider wings by vag bagging carbon onto foam cores. Whilst in general I am very pleased with the result I find that handling the wings leaves finger prints on the surface, even a week after making it. I use the EL2 laminating resin wing the slow hardener. The model is vac overnight at an elevated temp (Electric blanket). It is then stored at room temp. Can you advise how to avoid this please?
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Laminating resin not setting hard
John Hovell
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4 Years Ago
Besides washing youre hands hahaha I geuss it all comes down to mixing the epoxy. El2 needs a 10 to 3 resin to hardner ratio. 99% of all resins here in holland and germany are 2 to 1. This can allso...
jeffrey bres
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4 Years Ago
Jeff, must wash more often, other people have also told me that! on the serious side - it was mixed properly and this always happens. I have friends who have the same issue. My guess is that you hav...
John Hovell
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4 Years Ago
I know but im only allowed at X mass. I never had this isseu with epoxy. I did notish it cures slower when in a vacuum.
jeffrey bres
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4 Years Ago
The slow resin takes a minimum of 30 hours at 20C to cure so you may just need more time if the temperature drops off. If the resin constantly stays with a bit of a tack/soft nature to it then I woul...
Warren (Staff)
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4 Years Ago
Warren, thank you for your response above, it’s got me thinking I need to change my process. You mention two points, mixing and temperature. I’m sure my mixing is OK but not so confident about the....
John Hovell
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