precaution when trimming your part ?


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Jess8bit
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Hi guys,

Do you take any particular precaution when you trim your part with your Dremel ? How do you protect the surface from scratches that may occur during the trimming ?

I've had this problem : the srface was nice after demolding. After triiming the part, I've jad the bad surprise of observing many scratches and holes in the surface. My assumption is that I made the scratches myself simply by holding the part with my hand (with gloves on) and handling it durng the process (maybe because of carbone dust ?).

Hence the question. I'm thinking about covering the surface with a plastic film hold by masking tape all around the part edges.

What do you think ?

thank you !!
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Ok so this time I've added sprayed GC50 gel coat, and waited for 2 days before demolding (no post cure though), and here's the result, once demolding :

http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/61fa5878-4c3c-49bc-8471-c07c.jpg


I'm happy coz' I don't have the surface problems I had before (even after trimming the part) Smile 
So I'll wait for 48hrs before demoding, from now.

Yet, if you look well, I have what looks like air bubbles stuck close to the cloth. Not many, but still. What could I do to really get rid of them ? During the infusion, I wait a "long" time before closing the vacuum line (to evacuate the air contaminated resin). By "long" I mean I wait until the resin reaches the catch pot and that some of it flow into. I clamp the vac line but I can still see some bubbles coming from the output of infusing part, inside the hose. 

Should I degas the resin before starting the infusion ? 
Also I suspect the Big vac pump draw the resin to fast ? Or is it irrelevant ?
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