Talk Composites - The Forum for Advanced Composites
Back
Login
Register
Login
Register
Home
»
Easy Composites Ltd Technical Support
»
Easy Composites Ltd - Product Specific Pages
»
Carbon Fibre Cloth Fabric
»
Spread tow needs ironing?!
Spread tow needs ironing?!
Post Reply
Like
5
Spread tow needs ironing?!
View
Flat Ascending
Flat Descending
Threaded
Options
Subscribe to topic
Print This Topic
Goto Topics Forum
Author
Message
FLD
FLD
posted 12 Years Ago
ANSWER
HOT
Topic Details
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 468,
Visits: 2.7K
I've just done some moulding with spread tow cloth and I'm getting odd crease marks on the tows whcih look like it needs ironing. Having checked back on the roll the marks are there in the dry cloth. Any ideas on how I can get rid of them? Really hard to photograph but here's my best go.
Reply
Like
5
Replies
FLD
FLD
posted 12 Years Ago
ANSWER
HOT
Post Details
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 468,
Visits: 2.7K
I used EC spread tow cloth. I do wet lay though (hence the odd pin hole).
Fred: be careful with prepreg spread tow, its a bit of a pain to shape to the mould. With dry cloth the tows move quite freely against each other and it shapes easily when I tried pre-preg stuff it was touogh to use and did not form well at all.
Reply
Like
6
fgayford
fgayford
posted 12 Years Ago
ANSWER
HOT
Post Details
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 433,
Visits: 1.2K
Thanks for that info. Do you know if it can be infused?
Thanks
Fred
Reply
Like
5
GO
Merge Selected
Merge into selected topic...
Merge into merge target...
Merge into a specific topic ID...
Open Merge
Threaded View
Threaded View
Spread tow needs ironing?!
FLD
-
12 Years Ago
Any time I have used tow it is not very cosmetically pleasing at all. I only use it for strength...
fgayford
-
12 Years Ago
Just wondering which spread tow you are using.. I use textreme by http://oxeon.se and the finish...
charnwooduk
-
12 Years Ago
The tow I was using was all in one direction. The stuff on the site you provided looks interesting....
fgayford
-
12 Years Ago
I used EC spread tow cloth. I do wet lay though (hence the odd pin hole). Fred: be careful with...
FLD
-
12 Years Ago
Thanks for that info. Do you know if it can be infused? Thanks Fred
fgayford
-
12 Years Ago
To me that looks like a shaddow marking of the backing that would originally have been on the UD...
Warren (Staff)
-
12 Years Ago
Ah, that makes sense. Can it be hidden at all? The reason I ask is becuase I want to make a hard top...
FLD
-
12 Years Ago
Not sure it could be hidden from visibility at close range. I wouldnt recomment ironing the...
Warren (Staff)
-
12 Years Ago
Thanks Warren. I wasn't serious about ironing it, its just the appearance that looks like creases....
FLD
-
12 Years Ago
Post Reply
Like
5
Similar Topics
Post Quoted Reply
Reading This Topic
Login
Login
Remember Me
Reset Password
Resend Validation Email
Login
Facebook
Google
Explore
Messages
Mentions
Search