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Carbon Tuner
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Hey ahhh, why these parts getting so soft in the sun?
How can I fix this? I do resin infusion, is it time to get a parts oven and switch to a higher temp tooling gel?
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Hi,
You need to check which temperature your mold can survive to. If you'r using unimold, its about 90°C. If you're using mold making puty + green epoxy gelcoat, its about 60°C.
But, do not forget to post cure the MOLD itself before post curing your part in the mold....
Post curing your mold is easily made following post cure cycles given by the EC team on their pdf data sheets which you can find on the webpage of the product you want to learn about.
Hope it helps.
 
 
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Parts get soft in the sun
Carbon Tuner
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13 Years Ago
One of the disadvantages of epoxy resin is that parts getsoft in the sun.You have to use an epoxy...
NikCFC
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13 Years Ago
whats post cure?
Carbon Tuner
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13 Years Ago
Hi Carbon Tuner, I think NikCFC speaks about oven curing. Bye, Seb.
SebRS
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13 Years Ago
Hi, First of all you have to check the tg (Glass Transition Temperature - The glass transition is...
NikCFC
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13 Years Ago
You can post cure the parts using an infrared heat lamp the same type of lamps used for curing paint...
Bruce
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13 Years Ago
Hi Don, All of the comments about post-curing are right, what's happening when you parts are...
Matt (Staff)
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13 Years Ago
[quote][b]Matt (Staff) (19/07/2012)[/b][hr]Hi Don, Heat lamps, as Bruce suggests can be used by...
Bruce
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13 Years Ago
What about post curing parts that are skinned? I'm assuming it's still required. Is it possible to...
ebf2k
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12 Years Ago
THANKS everyone for your replies, Well I guess I need to get into post curing. I think I...
Carbon Tuner
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13 Years Ago
Hi, You need to check which temperature your mold can survive to. If you'r using unimold, its...
Joe
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13 Years Ago
I guess you could leave it a few weeks if you cant get the elevated temperatures. if you cant...
Warren
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13 Years Ago
Ok Family, I have been curious, because the carbon mods video doesn't speak about curing the parts....
twissta
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13 Years Ago
just follow the post curing guide on the previous page of this thread.
Warren
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13 Years Ago
K guys I am going to try and heat cure my mold, I did read for the orange tooling gel I am using...
Carbon Tuner
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13 Years Ago
heat AND time. The epoxy cures by a chemical reaction and heat acts like a catalyst. The idea of...
Warren
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13 Years Ago
Just a quick one, if your making carbon fibre covers for a wing mirror or any part really, does it...
Ortonporton
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12 Years Ago
i think for wrapped good sun curing but if you put to much heat they simply delaminates from oem...
TomDesign
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12 Years Ago
DO NOT CURE PARTS IN YOUR KITCHEN OVEN!!!!!!!!!
NikCFC
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12 Years Ago
I've once seen a picture on the internet of a guy curing his parts in the sun, this is how he did...
matthieutje65
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12 Years Ago
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