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Old 04-23-2019, 02:38 PM
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Typhoon Phil
 
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Originally Posted by speedracerntrixie


Mold interior following plus removal and a wash with soap and water.



As I stated above, I simply add some graphite power to my laminating resin and brush on two coats. I then run a strand of 12K CF tow in the corner and a paste of laminating resin with graphite powder and cabosil. Then start with light weight cloth. That is usually the end of day one. Day two is the medium weight cloth followed by the bulk layers. Building up the mold too quickly can create excessive heat that can affect the release system.

Again great info... thanks..... I'm assuming you're using epoxy resin, so how do you prevent the wax layer building up at the end of day one? Surely if you take a break during the laying up of layers then you get a layer of wax forming which would induce delamination?