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Several questions!

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By Zekewarg - 1/23/2012 6:09:07 PM

Hi everybody!
I´m sure some of these Q´s have already been answered but i will put them in anyway to get everything in the same place.
More Q´s will propably follow.

1: What is the difference between Easylease release and PVA? 

2: Can you ship all your items internationally? I live in Sweden and is there any transport regulations to any of the liquids? It should be added that I   don´t need them express. Plane, boat, truck or jumping monkey doesn´t matter.

3: What is the mould cleaner made of? Could I use ethanol or something easily accessible in stead? Thingking of fraightcost and possible transport restrictions.

4: Brittish VAT is 20% if I´m not mistaken?

5: I have an idea for speeding up the process, will this work? I set the fibre and resin in the mold as per usual, put it in a vacuum bag and put it in a oven. Would this work in getting rid of air and curing properly? If it does work, what temperature should i use and is there a maximum time i could have it in there? I am very interested in infusion but it seems to be very timeconsuming. I would use it for thing with a demand for high strutural strenght, but for my small and tiny part it seems far to expensive timewise. Am i wrong? Any brilliant ideas for speeding things up? It still has to hold the same quality though.

6: How do I seal the edges of a sandwich? Concerned about moisture and fraying.

7: If I have to complete pieces of CF, cured and all, how do i best join them together? What should i use?

8: If i want to mount for ex. an aluminium bracket but i can´t drill, what method would be best?

9: I see in all the videos that you polish by hand, could i use a machine with a soft polishing head?

10: What are the recommended room temperatures to work in? When is to hot/ cold?

Being that english isn´t my first language i hope you can put up with my spelling and grammar.

Cheers! /Zach
By Zekewarg - 1/24/2012 6:13:19 PM

Ok, i gets a bit clearer!

I´m wondering about strength, pultruded is weak as i understand, but how is it with braided hose and rollwrapped? 
Can I get the hose as strong as wrapped?



Cheers againg from sweden, it´s snowing... again...
Belgium has always been sunny when i´ve been there. Smile