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Do I have to use vacuum bagging to get decent results?

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HarrisonC	HarrisonC posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 13	Hey, So I have been researching how to do carbon fibre laminating for quite a while now and have come to the stage where I am unsure as to what equipment I need to get quality carbon fibre parts. In one of the CarbonMods videos on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAdVO8Rkv6c) and they use a method where you don't need to do resin infusion using a vacuum bag. Now I am only 17 and have little funds for the pump and other equipment needed for the vacuum method, especially seeing the prices on EasyComposites, so wondered if I can get away with making quality parts this way. I should mention that I want to do a few trial laminations in a mould made from a 3D printed part and finally go on to creating a replica Formula 1 racing wheel. Cheers, Harrison
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Fasta	Fasta posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 3.5K	Wet lay is the place to start. You can make fantastic cosmetic parts with just wet laid methods but this typically needs to be a simple shape without any sharp details as the resin and carbon may not stay in or fill the details leaving a bubble here and there, which can be fixed. Pre pregs will make the best structural part when compared to wet laid but you will need an oven and pump etc and even then getting a cosmetic nice part is not easy with oven only process (no autoclave/pressurised oven). Infusion really ticks all the boxes but in my opinion is a far more difficult process than those above, trial and error, mistakes, and reject parts etc. Fastacraft Facebook page Edited 10 Years Ago by Fasta
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