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ModShane	ModShane posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 20	I am going to vacuum bag a Carbon Fiber bar stool, using IN2 Resin, Soric and Carbon Fiber Tape at the edges of the Soric, like in the How To...Bonnet/Hood video. The stool will be like a 16-inch wide ribbon with a profile that looks like a "Z", and a Soric core. The total length is approximately 65-inches. I am in the US, and I cannot find Infusion Grade Spray Tack anywhere. What method/s (other than Spray Tack) could I use to hold the Carbon Fiber Tape, Cloth, and Soric in place? Many Thanks! Tags soric spray tack tape vacuum bagging
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Fredrik Welen	Fredrik Welen posted 3 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 53, Visits: 478	+x Warren (Staff) - 8/26/2014 3:13:16 PM Unfortunately the Zyvax infusion spray tack is no longer manufactured. In order to hold these individual pieces of carbon on the mould’s surface we need to use some sort of spray tack, however, all of the spray tacks (including all of the so called infusion tacks) leave visible marks when used on the surface of the mould. This is because they are all designed for gelcoated or painted parts and not clear finish parts that are generally the norm for carbon fibre work. To overcome this, we do the following: Invisible Epoxy Infusion Spray-Tack 1. Start with a clean, small plastic ‘spritser’ bottle (any openable plastic bottle with a pump-action mister spray, like for hair-care products). 2. Mix up 10g of infusion resin with 3g of infusion hardener and pour into the bottle. 3. Add 10g of metholated spirits to the bottle (it must be purple meths, no white spirit, acetone, alcohol or anything else). 4. Shake the bottle thoroughly. 5. Spray a thin film of the spray tack over the surface of the mould. 6. Allow the meths to evaporate and wait around an hour or two for the epoxy to start reacting when it will become particularly tacky. 7. Stick your reinforcement to the tacky mould surface. When you do the infusion, you will find that the tiny amount of spray-tack on the surface will cross-link with the resin of the infusion epoxy and become completely invisible with not even a trace of anything on the surface of your parts! I just tried this and used Easy lease as release agent. It just crawl into small droplets and don´t smear out. Now I wounder how I will get it off. I just can´t seem to get a break in this project I am doing. Anyone knows were to get a invisable spray tack in EU europe suitable for resin infusion? Edited 3 Years Ago by Fredrik Welen
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Lester Populaire	L Lester Populaire posted 3 Years Ago HOT Post Details
L Group: Forum Members Posts: 311, Visits: 13K	+x Fredrik Welen - 6/9/2022 5:05:25 PM +x Warren (Staff) - 8/26/2014 3:13:16 PM Unfortunately the Zyvax infusion spray tack is no longer manufactured. In order to hold these individual pieces of carbon on the mould’s surface we need to use some sort of spray tack, however, all of the spray tacks (including all of the so called infusion tacks) leave visible marks when used on the surface of the mould. This is because they are all designed for gelcoated or painted parts and not clear finish parts that are generally the norm for carbon fibre work. To overcome this, we do the following: Invisible Epoxy Infusion Spray-Tack 1. Start with a clean, small plastic ‘spritser’ bottle (any openable plastic bottle with a pump-action mister spray, like for hair-care products). 2. Mix up 10g of infusion resin with 3g of infusion hardener and pour into the bottle. 3. Add 10g of metholated spirits to the bottle (it must be purple meths, no white spirit, acetone, alcohol or anything else). 4. Shake the bottle thoroughly. 5. Spray a thin film of the spray tack over the surface of the mould. 6. Allow the meths to evaporate and wait around an hour or two for the epoxy to start reacting when it will become particularly tacky. 7. Stick your reinforcement to the tacky mould surface. When you do the infusion, you will find that the tiny amount of spray-tack on the surface will cross-link with the resin of the infusion epoxy and become completely invisible with not even a trace of anything on the surface of your parts! I just tried this and used Easy lease as release agent. It just crawl into small droplets and don´t smear out. Now I wounder how I will get it off. I just can´t seem to get a break in this project I am doing. Anyone knows were to get a invisable spray tack in EU europe suitable for resin infusion? try spraying the spray tack onto the fabric.
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