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 Paul

I gave the oven method a go and it worked out surprisingly well for my first attempt. I put the silicone male and female in the oven together instead of tooling a new rigid female. To counteract the female expanding I boxed it in and so it could only expand inwards and help stop the male expanding. I did still get a few minor voids but it's progress. I'm going to tweak it and try again tomorrow.

Also, I took your advise and put big cuts in the weave near the corners and I think you have fixed my wondering weave problem too, thank you so much for that.

Fingers crossed it will fit the phone as well as the room temp covers do.