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KLComposites
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This is happening intermittently, sometimes days after applying the first coat of duratec sunshield to parts. The duratec was sprayed on, then brushed in to fill some voids. After a few minutes flash time it was placed in an oven at about 140F to cure for a few hours. The following day, it was block sanded and coated again. The guy doing it didn't notice the porosity until I pointed it out, so I can't say for sure when it appeared exactly, but it looks to me like the first layer was still out-gassing while the next coat was applied. Putting it in the oven to cure the second coat probably exacerbated the problem. I suppose our recourse at this point would be to oven cure the first coat 24 hours or so before moving on, and we can be a bit speedier with the later coats. The duratec was not thinned or modified in any way. Any thoughts or experience with what's going on here?
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That looks like a layup issue with air in the fabric and not the duratec.
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Duratec Sunshield Voids Appearing
KLComposites
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5 Years Ago
Is that how the voids are appearing, or has it been sanded back and they are collecting sanding dust? If it is the latter, are you sure it isn't just shrinking back into the voids you were filling in...
Hanaldo
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5 Years Ago
Thanks Hanaldo. These are voids under the ‘skin’ of the coating, so there’s no real hope of filling them back up again. They appear under the clear during the later stages. This was a particularly ba...
KLComposites
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5 Years Ago
That looks like a layup issue with air in the fabric and not the duratec.
Fasta
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5 Years Ago
Not disputing the presence of voids in the surface of the laminate - we're rescuing it with the duratec. The bubbles are forming in those voids between the first layer of duratec and the laminate,...
KLComposites
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5 Years Ago
You can kind of see that the air is related to fabric as the those little air bubble lines are mostly oriented with the fabric. Air expands when heated . Maybe just heating the parts well before...
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