Parts get soft in the sun


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Carbon Tuner
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Hey ahhh, why these parts getting so soft in the sun?

 

How can I fix this? I do resin infusion, is it time to get a parts oven and switch to a higher temp tooling gel?



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Hi,

First of all you have to check the tg (Glass Transition Temperature - The glass transition is the temperature where the polymer goes from a hard, glass like state to a rubber like state) of the epoxy you're using, the higher the better.

Post curing is actually curing in an oven / autoclave at higher temperatures raising the temperature little by little after initial curing has taken place while the part stays in the mold to avoid distortion.

Edited 13 Years Ago by NikCFC
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