Hi gents,

Hi Stan The Man

Will it make any difference if I put it in the oven and turn the fan on? Or that doesn't work with skinning. The part is really small so it can easily fit in my oven. If so, what temperature should I set the oven at. The ambient temperature around here is 30 degrees and it takes about 6hrs for the part to fully cure. If possible, I really want to go under that time hence my question about the oven

Hi Stan.

I am about to try out a new technique on my next project to speed up curing times for vacuum bagging and I intend to use a heated blanket ( the type you would put on your bed). This should allow me to maintain a fixed temperature all around the table/component. At £19.99 from Argos it is a cheap way to do this.

If this is a suitable way to do this then I would think that building a basic frame around your component to stop the blanket touching it and then wrapping the heated blanket around the frame could give a much more even distribution of heat to speed up curing process ?

Jim

you could put it in your oven, I mostly put my oven at around 50°C, should reduce the curing by half... if you go 10°C more it will again reduce some hours

Cheers gents! Much apppreciated

Use Resin Research Kwik Kick. Its cures almost as fast as polyester.

I put it in the oven at 50 degrees and it worked like a charm. After an hour, the resin was rock solid. Thanks gents