re carbon wet out

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

AD - 25 Aug 2005 20:57 GMT

Thanks Jim,

Thats pretty much what I do too. I tend to be a bit heavier on the resin,
particularly on the heavier carbon double bias cloth and then remove the
excess by bagging, just to be sure.

regards,

AD

Reply to this Message

Kevin Brooker - 27 Aug 2005 01:50 GMT

I don't know how big the piece is. When laying up CF I wet out as
described and then use a hard roller and paper towel to remove as much
resin as I can before bagging the part. The PT and hard roller between
layers helps get the cloth to resin ratio pretty high.

>Thanks Jim,
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>AD

Reply to this Message

Jim Conlin - 27 Aug 2005 03:39 GMT

If you're vacuum bagging, there's no need to remove extra resin. The excess
will squeeze through the peelply into the bleeder ply, leaving only enough
resin to fill the (compressed) carbon or glass. Don't over-squeeze it. 10"
is enough.

If not bagging, peel ply and a squeegee are good for herding extra goo to
the margin of the layup.

> I don't know how big the piece is. When laying up CF I wet out as
> described and then use a hard roller and paper towel to remove as much
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> >
> >AD

Reply to this Message

Boat Forum / Building / August 2005

re carbon wet out