Hi, I'm new and I apologise if this is a dumb question. I'm making things out of carbon fibre with compression moulds and they will easily fit into a kitchen oven. I googled it and nobody seems to be using their kitchen oven. Is there a hidden problem that I'm missing? Will the epoxy fumes kill me or something like that?

The reason I want to make the switch from room temp epoxy to pre preg is that I can't seem to get a neat weave. Will using pre preg help me keep the weave straight?

My oven goes as low as 60 celcius and my moulding material can withstand 300ish. So getting the right temperature shouldn't be an issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Adam,

Prepregs are tacky and then can help you "arrange" your weave. Its also helpfull to avoid bridging before a vacuum and /or positive pressure is applied.

See this video you can see the "tackyness" of prepregs. Skip at 1:57, you can clearly see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1xy5u1DWnY&feature=related

Hope it helped.

 



 


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Thanks Joe, that video makes me want to learn Italian, it was awesome.

The prepreg looks like it would work for what I'm doing. I might try to make my own like Zekewarg suggests just to test the theory.