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TomDesign	TomDesign posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 454, Visits: 2.5K	Guys i tryed my first infusion. so i cleaned with mold cleaner then layed easylease then all those thing to do infusion temperature was like plus 15 i made at 7 like pm and in the morning at 11 i went and still it was not dryed normally where is problem? temperature? as i mixed and put hardener perfectly! also i took it out and i saw like it had like empty places in pattern, i checked no leaks. Please advice.
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TomDesign	TomDesign posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 454, Visits: 2.5K	by the way i tryed and clear gelcoat easycomposites why its acted like that you can see in couple spots not cured it was mixed good i think maybe to big layers i spread? also why this think that has to show leak never turns when it leak?
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Looks like your gelcoat was too thin. I don't find those flow indicators very useful for finding leaks at all, certainly not any that you can't hear anyway. I do however find it quite useful for determining when the air has been completely evacuated, as mine always spin for a fair time after the bag has pulled completely tight.
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TomDesign	TomDesign posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 454, Visits: 2.5K	and what about curing problem that wrote?
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	My suspicion would certainly be temperature. I would be letting it cure for 24 hours at 25 degrees, if you're at 15 degrees I think you need to either heat it up a bit (best solution) or just leave it longer (48-72 hours). You could try post-curing it in an oven now that you've already demoulded.
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	15°C is not enough of temperature to make composites in a good way... I would never start working on a project when my room temperatures are under 20°C Like Hanaldo says it would need to cure for more than 2 days before demoulding. Even at 25°C I wait 2 days Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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TomDesign	TomDesign posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 454, Visits: 2.5K	ouu thanxs guy. also any ide on gelcoat? i think to thin layer?
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