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Re: Fibreglass won't stick

Postby downunder » Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:07 pm

rynhardt wrote:
downunder wrote: Yes and no.

The point of vac bagging is not to give you the finished product.
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I have to disagree with you a bit here. You can get a finished product out of the bag, provided you have the right system.
Depends what you call a finished product :) But, please do share, so we know what we comparing here...

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Re: Fibreglass won't stick

Postby rynhardt » Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:18 pm

downunder wrote:
rynhardt wrote:
downunder wrote: Yes and no.

The point of vac bagging is not to give you the finished product.
.
.
D.

I have to disagree with you a bit here. You can get a finished product out of the bag, provided you have the right system.
Depends what you call a finished product :) But, please do share, so we know what we comparing here...
Mostly finished :)
For my wave twin tip, we sandwiched the dry reinforcements and core between two mylar sheets, which had been sprayed with 2K UV resistant poly. Did the infusion, heat cured it for a day, and it came out of the bag with a UV stable mirror finish. Just trimmed and sanded the edges, and opened up the inserts.

http://kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=10 ... 0&start=50

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Re: Fibreglass won't stick

Postby downunder » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:14 am

Yeah man, seen that. A vac bagging and a vac infusion are two different Worlds. We can argue that infusion is not a vac bagging :)

Infusion as such will give you ultra thin epoxy layer, whatever the FG thickness is. This is definitely not enough as abrasion layer. Report back after some usage on a sand how will that withstand :)

Good on ya to apply a 2 pack varnish tho.

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