THE DOUBLE INFUSION.
What can I say, I will not be doing another in a hurry!
The idea was simple, apply vac to moulds, open TWO vac side clamps, then open TWO inlet clamps and infuse, right.
Part infusion.
It was going very slowly almost not moving on the left, this was due to me re clamping the left side because of vac leaks.
As you can see from the picture I'd removed the clamps, BAD IDEA, to try and speed up the left side I wiggled the pipes and WHOOSH
more suck than a prozzie on crack, by the time I picked one of the clamps up the supply pot was gasping for resin and sucking air.
Wow it empties faster than it fills.
Please excuse the size change in pictures but photobucket seem to have a mind of its own.
With everything re clamped I made some more resin up and gave it some more, I now know what a catch pot if for!
Second time round.
I'm sure I could have simply switched the pump off but inexperience is a killer.
Untrimmed finished panel.
Surprisingly they turned out 97%, there are some very small pinholes
but being a side panel on the road bike will need clear coating.
So question to you all in the know is do I put a wet, thin clear coat on as it will be sucked up as you would new plaster,
or whack on a couple of heavy coats.
@ Dravis the through bag inserts I turned seem to be one hit wonders, might be my rough drilling but resin is solid.
Only cost about £2.40 a mtr so I will simply make some more as id rather 15min on the lathe than a day chasing a leak.