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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">I haven't had a real need to bag anything yet. Most of my projects are fairly small, and since I'm doing this tip-to-tip job.. I'm thinking about just doing peel ply, some bleeder (purely for absorption) and maybe sand bagging for constant pressure (since I don't have a vacuum bag setup, and doing it on partial a tip-to-tip seems like a pain). </p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Comments/suggestions welcome though.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">On Sunday, September 23, 2018 7:22pm, "Bob Schoner" <bob.schoner@gmail.com> said:<br /><br /></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">I have done vacuum bagging of plywood fins but before they were installed. I used Teflon peel ply which is expensive but works really well. I did a sandwich of plywood fiberglass peel ply and bleeder cloth. I’ve used Fiberglast but there are other options. <br /><br />Bob</p>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 1:38 PM David Bloom <<a href="mailto:dwskb@att.net">dwskb@att.net</a>> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Forgot to mention if you are not familiar with them go to The Composites Store for much info and materials on what you are doing.<br /> --------------------------------------------<br /> On Sun, 9/23/18, David Bloom <<a href="mailto:dwskb@att.net" target="_blank">dwskb@att.net</a>> wrote:<br /><br /> Subject: Re: [NRVR-Members] Glassing - Best suppliers for peel ply?<br /> To: "NRV Rocketry Members" <<a href="mailto:nrvr-members@server2.nrvr.org" target="_blank">nrvr-members@server2.nrvr.org</a>><br /> Date: Sunday, September 23, 2018, 1:13 PM<br /><br /> I thought you were using plywood? Recall my<br /> fins vibrated into shreds due to large size. Are you<br /> reinforcing plywood with carbon fiber or are the fins<br /> fiberglass? How many layers and are you doing anything<br /> special to reduce vibration?<br /> --------------------------------------------<br /> On Sat, 9/22/18, Thomas Tweeks Weeks<br /> <<a href="mailto:tom@theweeks.org" target="_blank">tom@theweeks.org</a>><br /> wrote:<br /><br /> Subject: [NRVR-Members] Glassing -<br /> Best suppliers for peel ply?<br /> To: "<a href="mailto:nrvr-members@nrvr.org" target="_blank">nrvr-members@nrvr.org</a>"<br /> <<a href="mailto:nrvr-members@nrvr.org" target="_blank">nrvr-members@nrvr.org</a>><br /> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2018,<br /> 11:44 PM<br /><br /> Doing<br /> a non-bagged (probably just<br /> weighted) fin, CF, tip to<br /> tip job on my 5.5" Black Brant.. and<br /> need some<br /> supplies. I'm using West Systems and a<br /> course weave CF<br /> (not for looks.. it's just what I<br /> have). <br /><br /> Also.. I would love to hear discussion<br /> on preferences of the<br /> various types of peel ply. The nylon<br /> kind,<br /> plastic/rayon/paper kinds, or the kind<br /> the red lines in<br /> it..<br /> <br /> Do<br /> you use bleeder cloth (for catching<br /> excess epoxy)?<br /> <br /> Tweeks<br /> <br /><br /> _______________________________________________<br /> NRVR-Members mailing list<br /> <a href="mailto:NRVR-Members@mail.nrvr.org" target="_blank">NRVR-Members@mail.nrvr.org</a><br /> <a rel="noreferrer" href="http://server2.nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members" target="_blank">http://server2.nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members</a><br /> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br /><br /><br /><br /> _______________________________________________<br /> NRVR-Members mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:NRVR-Members@mail.nrvr.org" target="_blank">NRVR-Members@mail.nrvr.org</a><br /><a rel="noreferrer" href="http://server2.nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members" target="_blank">http://server2.nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members</a></blockquote>
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