Hi!

When molding carbon parts with high Vf (>50%) the fibres touching the mold are leaving a residue on my mold surface. I don't know why this is happening. I just bought easy lease release agent, but it also happened with wax (Partall). In fact I thought the Partall wax had aged so I bought Easy Lease thanks to this forum. But unfortunately no difference. The parts are demolding easy though with easy lease.

I have been using different curing processes: 24h room temp, 48h room temp, 24h 30 degrees C, 48h 30 degrees C. All with the same outcome: a residue on the mold. The molds are machined of PU toolingboard (Renshape) and polished to a mirror surface. Epoxies used are L + GL2 / S / L and EPH161 from R&G. When making a hand layup of one ply of carbon without compaction there is no printthrough and also no residue on the mold surface after demolding just like when using a gelcoat prior to the lay up.  So it looks like the problem is related to the compaction of the fibre or it maybe an epoxy problem.

Thanks for pointing me in that direction and good to know you didn't have the problem in the video. I'll contact the supplier and post the outcome.

Adding a little heat isn't the problem i guess since the problem also occurs when curing at room temp for 2 days. I also want to point out that I'm not using resin infusion, but RTM (two A sides), so maybe the compression force from the fibre on the mold is a bit higher due to the higher vf.