Despite all my efforts I have not been able to get a pinhole free surface. The materials are great, and the closest I have come, but to date I have been unable to figure it out. 

How bad are the pinholes? Seems sometimes actually putting a clear coat on the part can make it look even worse and take a lot more work to get a good finish.. As a few of us know all to well.. 

Here is how my parts are coming out now. I am not using Easy-preg for this and even though it is a plain weave (I have had more problems removing pinholes from plain weave than twill) it has come out well.. It has to be laid up, de-bulked, the breather stack has to be done exactly the same way every time and then bagged and cooked at exactly the same way every time too... I would say how I do it but it took me 6 months to get here and to be honest using easy-preg or Cytec's VTF261 would be easier even though it would be more expensive. BUT if the rumours are true and the VTF material is no longer going to be produced soon (some of the staff from Cytec who make VTF have left recently because they see changes they do not like happening) then we may ALL have to find a material that will give the same results as Easy-preg (VTF261) and at the moment NO company will tell you their product is as good as VTF261. 

These are out of the mould and not lacquered..




I am not saying they are 100% perfect but they are as good as many of the VTF parts I have made and have better resin clarity..