Dawing vacuum on my canoe mould


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Having been kept away from my canoe project by such trivialities as working in lieu for the workshop rent, I got back to trying to get a good vacuum on my mould this morning.

This is the first time that I've tried using the whole mould, having done a test on one end before now.

I'm nearly there. I've bought a Sealey ultrasonic leak detector to try out. The result is that it's great for finding the gratuitous leaks that you need the pump running to find but isn't sensitive enough to find the last few little leaks. Next week is the half term for my boys so I'm going to take their younger ears along once the storms have stopped blowing and see if they can hear the hiss.

So far, this is the vacuum drop over a five minute test with the pump off.



Not good enough yet :-(

I must make a canoe this week. I must!

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They are the worst kind of leaks, as it'd be very unlikely that you'd be able to hear the air ingress given the relatively small leak.

If a thorough pressing down of the tape all around the bag doesn't fix things, it could be a tiny hole in the bag itself (which is usually very easy to pick up and fix once the infusion's running) but, on such a big part, I don't think I'd want to take a risk. Don't forget to try replacing the tape seal around your entry and exit lines, just in case that's the cause.


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MarkMK - 10/21/2017 12:25:54 PM

They are the worst kind of leaks, as it'd be very unlikely that you'd be able to hear the air ingress given the relatively small leak.

If a thorough pressing down of the tape all around the bag doesn't fix things, it could be a tiny hole in the bag itself (which is usually very easy to pick up and fix once the infusion's running) but, on such a big part, I don't think I'd want to take a risk. Don't forget to try replacing the tape seal around your entry and exit lines, just in case that's the cause.



Cheers Mark. Yes, I've found from my own experience that the inlet and outlet connections can be one of the biggest problems.

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Not certain if you already employ the same, but I apply a small donut of tape to the top of each connector and seal the bag over it when I get to that point. This helps keep it positioned and helps to stop the bag wrinkling up when installing the entry/exit tubing. Very rarely do they seem to cause and issue since using this method.


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MarkMK - 10/21/2017 1:06:30 PM


Not certain if you already employ the same, but I apply a small donut of tape to the top of each connector and seal the bag over it when I get to that point. This helps keep it positioned and helps to stop the bag wrinkling up when installing the entry/exit tubing. Very rarely do they seem to cause and issue since using this method.



No, I do not do that, but I will be doing from no onwards. Thanks!

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