Vacuum bagging help

[rocketcharlie]

Thank you Tony. I recently got myself set up with the equipment to do vacuum bagging and also built a curing oven. I'm now wondering if I needed to do this. Does vacuum bagging have a place in this hobby.... tip to tip layup maybe?? Because I didnt want to be feel pressured when doing a layup with conventional resin, I bought some slow cure 2 hour laminating epoxy that I believe needs to be cured with heat.

 

[TonyL]

Vacuum bagging is very useful for fins and other non-cylindrical shapes like camera fairings, etc. Nose cones are easiest to make in a mold. Without grinding, tubes are easiest for me as plain wet lay-up.

The cure oven is useful, especially if you have a higher temp cure resin. If it will solidify at room temp then you can post cure it if you like rather than all in one bake cycle. Cross linking is cumulative and does not need a continuous heating cycle to proceed.