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Glenn Ashmore
 
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Default vacuum-bagging an E-glass/polyester resin hull with a bi-axialS-glass epoxy laminate........

I do not think it can be done or if you try the risks are mighty high.
Polyester does not give you enough open time to place the glass properly
and get the bag sealed and drawn down. The only controls you have are
the temperature and the amount of MEKP and they have to be held to very
exact tollerances.

You can do it with resin infusion but trying to arrange the feed lines
and vacuum ports for even flow is a black art without some guidance.
There are volumes written on the various proprietary processes but the
volumes are not cheap and don't really tell you everything.

Courtney Thomas wrote:
Can this be done ?

If yes, who has done it?

Thank you.


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