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Anyone have experience with TenCate OOA's ?

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By 20_rc51_00 - 1/22/2014 7:01:45 PM

http://www.ambercomposites.com/prepreg/out-of-autoclave-prepreg/

anyone have any experience with this?

I live in Canada and I'm having a hard time tracking down any OOA materials. Anyone have suggestions for anything in Canada or the USA? Alternatively I might have to bit the bullet and buy from somewhere in Europe....

Any other sources would be appreciated. 

Until now I've been doing infusions but I'm really tired of the whole infusion process and need a change. Its a PITA with the whole layup and then the trimming afterward. Prepreg might just let me cut back on the amount of post production trimming....
By morepower - 1/27/2014 9:52:20 PM

20_rc51_00 (27/01/2014)
What do you do after a debulk? Do you give everything a last once over and work all the creases/edges? Do you go right into the bake? 

If you have a thicker layup I'm assuming there is an interval of layers that you debulk between each time correct? Then unbag and lay the next few in there and then rebag and repeat...?

At the time of the last debulk do you typically have everything in the bag ready for the oven or do you wait to put in the breather after the last debulk and then throw it all in the oven?


I do go over it all again.. you can usually see/feel if it is down fully... I would de-bulk again if I am going to use a lot of layers but even when I only put the backing layers down and going to cook.. I will give it time to de-bulk some more but I dont open the bag again... Usually a couple of hours in the oven at 30 degrees and give it a final push down all over to ensure the bag is pushing down everywhere....