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.

Hey Adam,

Glad you're making progresses. Could we all ask for a few pics ?

 



 


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Sure Joe, here are some pics. These pics are of the 1st cover I made in the oven. I tweaked what I was doing but the second oven cover was actually worse. Trial and error I guess.





Imgine that once it's trimmed down and painted with clear gloss. I really don't like the plain weave but it was free. I'm hoping I'll be able to get the twill as perfect as the plain, when I get some more.