Question about pre-peg fiber and cheap oven.

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pods	pods posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Awaiting Activation Posts: 1, Visits: 14	Hi, I have question about pre-peg. 1) If I dont have special oven or autoclave I can made items from pre-peg carbon fiber? Example... 2) I made mold.... Than I use pre-peg carbon fiber + vacuum bag/ pump and wait 2 days... What happening? I can made something if I use this strategy? Or I need obligatory warming pre-peg? 3) I can use kitchen electric oven? Something like this... http://www.rdveikals.lv/images/full/9f7b92e2385550cd3c8c2bc6d64769a8.jpg I only need made hole for vacuum pump. Right? Soory about my english skill. Thanks.
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Negative on the first question. You need an oven. The resin never really 'cures' without it, it just goes crispy and stiff. You can use a kitchen oven for smaller parts, as long as the pre-preg you are using doesn't require a complex cure schedule. If you can just stick it in at 80 degrees and leave it overnight, a kitchen oven works fine.
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