In-Depth Guide to Resin Infusion (3m Kevlar Moulding)

[@DarkAeroInc]

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[@easycompositestv]

Hi Amit, comments like this are the reason we keep producing more content! We'll have new videos out soon

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[@constantproject1]

Thats a beautiful bathtub.

[@stevesloan6775]

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[@guloguloguy]

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That’s great feedback, thanks for being a customer all the way from Florida; it’s great to hear that we’re getting deliveries to you so quick 👍

[@THEOGGUNSHOW]

I've been doing CF Vacuum Bagging Resin Infusion on and off for many years, (even at a professional aerospace company for a while) but this is the most concise instruction on this that I have seen

[@tehsimo]

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[@justfunk88]

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[@botoepfer8588]

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[@carlnewtonfishing6045]

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[@easycompositestv]

Thanks Carl. It’s the most content we’ve put into a ‘series’ so far and the physical scale of the component made for more work too! It’s always more interesting for us when it’s a real project, not just a demo, because real projects always throw up challenges that you would just avoid for a simple demonstration. Hopefully Alex and the team will get to have their adventure later this year which will complete the story!

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[@LiamProctor]

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Thank you Liam, it’s great to hear we’re getting it right.

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Hi Jan, thanks for your comments. That's praise indeed. We'll try to keep it up :)

[@PlazmaBambi]

"I'm really pleased how it's turned out" Even without polishing this looks amazing

[@thelement3363]

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[@Themarriedbachelor]

That was awesome!! I have seen it done in bits and pieces in the background. This is the first time having it explained in detail. Thanks

[@tjdjultima]

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[@johntenhave1]

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Thanks for the feedback John - its this kind of comment that makes us want to make more videos :)

[@csbanki]

I learn so much more from these videos than from my university teachers. Thanks for sharing these!

[@alanwd1406]

that's Right!

[@MatthieuLibeert]

Good job guys! Great video with an amazing result!

[@easycompositestv]

Thank you Matthieu!

[@leonhill8447]

Wonderful video! Super informative. About 12 years ago I started learning composites manufacturing. This would have been such an amazing resource to have.

[@MrJhchrist]

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[@easycompositestv]

Thanks, that’s what we try to do 😃

[@ReevansElectro]

Very impressive craftsmanship and materials science! Great video production and editing along with professional presenting skills.

[@cesarcervantes9971]

I'm pleased and amazed for what you have done. I'm into 3d printing and this is so usefull. I'd be delighted if you could make a video where it can be added some threaded inserts. I think that they must be placed and fixed before, laying up or infusing it. Thanks for share tour knowledge. Because of your videos I'm so interested in composites and its fabrication.

[@pashimp]

I just noticed that the Alex in this video is the same Alex whose lifeboat conversion videos I've been watching lately! The sleds turned out really nice looking. I hope to see more of them from his end. :)

[@easycompositestv]

Hi Hugo, yes, I’m sure Alex is keen to get out and use them. Just waiting for the COVID situation to resolve before some borders are reopened!

[@onepairofhands]

another great presentation - good luck to the Dark Ice Team

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks Peter. First thing the Dark Ice Team need to beat, along with the rest of us, is COVID at the moment. The project is 'on ice' (pun intended) until various borders re-open. Hopefully later this year they'll be able to set off.

[@marko247]

Perfect timing, I just finished watching the other videos :)

[@peterarmstrong8613]

What a fascinating process. Thank you for showing me.

[@nvalenciar]

amazing!!!!! I really enjoy this video series, great work!

[@thilofrisch9894]

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[@mceajc]

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Thanks Mceajc, it’s been a ‘deep dive’ for sure.

[@216MCollins]

mind blown. still learning but hope to integrate whatever parts of the process that would improve my surfboard construction/design

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Awesome video!!! Easy to follow and love that you show the part afterwards!!

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Thanks Jacob :)

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I like that the channel is posting more frequent again

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Thanks William, we aim to keep more content coming as best we can.

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This guy is a master of his craft

[@easycompositestv]

when you love what you do!!

[@stevesloan6775]

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Thank you, we appreciate the comment.

[@chrislee7817]

Your videos inspired me to start making composite components and this one is very good 👍. One development I have made that helps is to use suspended resin pots with the lines coming from the bottom. I use big squash bottles with the bottom cut out. Air comes out the lines naturally and I never worry about the lines falling out. I have them at part height. I use silicone bungs to hold the lines in place. Also I have no wasted resin. 👍. Worth an experiment, you might be surprised.

[@easycompositestv]

Hi Chris, thanks very much for your comment. That does sound like an interesting idea, we'll do some experimentation some time and see how we get on.

[@jonpendleton1007]

These video presentations are excellent! Well done👌

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks Jon!

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[@stevesloan6775]

I’m at the end of the video now.... WOWwwwew! So trick man! Love your work!!! 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼🍀🍀🍀😎🤓❄️☃️🌬 Best of luck to the ice trekkers!! 😊

[@solosailorsv8065]

Thanks for this ! Finally understand the Process ! Wishing the Best for the Rub-aDub-Dub, Three Men with their Kevlar Tubs !!

[@ClarasTube]

Thanks for the very informative video! My masters thesis has to do with resin infusion and this gave me a really good overview of the process.

[@easycompositestv]

Hi Clara, I'm glad that this was useful in your research!

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Very nice and informative video..knowledge feeding contents deserve a 👍👍👍👍👍,,thank u

[@ferrariguy8278]

Thanks for the video. As always very informative. Thanks for pointing out all the details and thought-processes that come with experience. I've watched a lot of tutorials and I'm always pleased to discover more that I hadn't seen / considered! Just wishing you had few USA outlets.

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks for the feedback Paul, we really will be getting something good together for our US customers/followers.

[@ryno9732]

The upload schedule could be a bit more frequent. But the wait IS ALWAYS worth it. Great video as always, top quality and definitely the no 1 out there. Thank you👌

[@easycompositestv]

Cheers Rybo, COVID and Brexit haven’t helped this time!

[@j.danaclark89]

You guys make some pretty awesome projects. I work building parts for the rv industry and really wished we had demand for some of the higher end composites. It would be nice to have the challenge.

[@easycompositestv]

Hi J; thanks for your comments. Yes, it's nice to have some challenges to get stuck into. I hope they come along for you :)

[@INTcraft]

Thanks for your videos! I took a lot of information about laminating and vacuum infusion from them! I even started my youtube channel about composites!) And it's really great to see this process again after trying it. Now I can see so much more interesting details. And special thanks for information about cutting kevlar, I had some issues with edges, now I will try to fix them.

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks for the comment and feedback. It’s great to hear they’ve helped you and that you even have your own channel. I’ll check it out!

[@jonathonrogers9461]

Once again another fantastic and informative video thanks

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks Jonathon :)

[@davidreynolds8551]

Another great video, and brilliant finish on that shell.

[@easycompositestv]

Glad you enjoyed David!

[@mrrustygray]

So much knowledge and skill being imparted. These videos are awesome. Thank you.

[@easycompositestv]

Appreciate the really kind feedback, thanks for commenting!

[@ExploreComposites]

Awesome explanation of the infusion process! Your videos are a great resource. I still disagree with you about clamping off the vacuum right after infusion - but its hard to argue with the outcome! There’s always room for more right answers. Your pre-feeding resin to the clamps trick is a great idea. Thank you!

[@easycompositestv]

Personal choice which method you choose or find works best for you. Leaving the pump running is fine when you have a decent resin break.

[@fbrower]

Hi, thank you for your vids on here, they are really good! I’m a boat builder and have intermittent sessions of infusing components and the like. I’m always picking up little gems from both your videos and the comments below! Like the guy above, I can’t get my head round turning off the vac once the resin’s through. In a perfect world it obviously works as you’ve proved but I simply don’t trust my ability to get it perfect 😂 I have a more Heath Robinson type catch pot made from 6” waste pipe so I’m not too bothered about replacing it if I get a bit of resin through! Again, thank you for the great videos 👍🙂

[@jameslatham3521]

Great info and delivery. Can’t wait to do my first molds.

[@easycompositestv]

Hi James, fantastic, look forward to hearing how you get on.

[@MiamiPartyboat]

Thank you for your videos. Could you please make a video on how to build the box around the mold to do vacuum infusion. I can’t seem to find any videos online about this topic

[@easycompositestv]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'build a box around the mold', do you have any examples?

[@RickSoaring]

Great series! Enjoyed watching it!

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks Rick, glad you enjoyed it.

[@mike93lx]

Those look amazing. Incredible job

[@coachmedhat7715]

That's awesome explained will you make another indepth video with vacuum infusion but on a kayak covering deck and hull joint and seam doing that will be super

[@SuperYellowsubmarin]

Great to have an in depth guide with explanations. Too many mute infusion videos out there.

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks, yes, agreed. It's actually quite limiting how much you can learn from just seeing the last stage of an infusion without understanding any of the 'why'. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@garyengland5326]

Excellent video guys, and very well explained and delivered as usual. My latest order has just arrived, and I'm sure you'll be taking much more of my money in the future 😂 Keep up the good work

[@easycompositestv]

Thank you Gary; much appreciated.

[@marknroll5775]

I am always waiting excited the new projects,so curious for the next one.

[@easycompositestv]

Hi Mark, next is a whole series on 3D printing for composites 👍

[@loganmarriott11]

Fantastic video, thank you. Learned a few of the little errors I've been having trouble with in larger moulds

[@easycompositestv]

That's great to hear Logan, thanks for watching and glad you picked up a tip or two :)

[@paulbriggs3072]

I learned some crucial info in this, especially the existence of that sticky spray and two of those cloths. But I think that its a lot of work to go to to save a quart of epoxy over just rolling on. Finally, admit it- those are just bath tubs. You can only fool some of us!

[@piercemccall9291]

Saving resin is not the point of this

[@johnnymckissick2735]

This video answered sooo many questions.

[@redzone5655]

Nice job! Can you make a tutorial on how to get a matte carbon fiber finish?

[@easycompositestv]

Hi Red Zone, thanks for the suggest, we probably will do something on that at some point, it’s not a bad suggestion!

[@williamfreret6859]

Why to not put first the gum tape before puting reinforcement to avoid contamination? Educationnal video as always!

[@easycompositestv]

Yes, you wouldn't believe the issues a few stray fibres can cause.

[@williamfreret6859]

@@easycompositestv Oh yes, I know it that's why I put it first... we learn from our mistakes!

[@FD-ms2nm]

Awesome tutorial !!! Keep them coming. I’ve always wanted to do this but didn’t know everything involved.

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks FD, glad you found this interesting. When you decide to take the plunge, you know where we are :)

[@seanriopel3132]

I wonder if they did any testing with the materials chilled to simulate the environment the speed will be in.

[@BrzydkiBurak]

i hope u find new eu frictionless delivery method soon. need to order more black stuff :)

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks, we definitely will, it’s already being set up with the various authorities. We should be all ready to go by the end of Feb. In the meantime you absolutely still can purchase from us, there is just a small extra cost. Remember, there’s no import duty on carbon anyway so the only extra cost compared to pre-Brexit is currently around 13 euros or 2.5% 👍.

[@BrzydkiBurak]

@@easycompositestv i just want to have it "easy". btw this is stiffest and lightest ak buttstock iv ever had. made with ec materials and tutorials i.imgur.com/aQCUDtb.jpg :)

[@easycompositestv]

@@BrzydkiBurak Understood. Well, from end of Feb it should be perfectly simple :) - Thanks for the project pic it looks good.

[@Grig0]

@BrzydkiBurak Nice to see you here :D

[@tonyduncan9852]

As perfect as possible. Really good. Thanks.

[@easycompositestv]

Glad you enjoyed Tony!

[@TheTechnoaddict]

Just what i needed. Starting my carbon intake project as soon as the material gets here😊 good vid👌

[@easycompositestv]

Good stuff. Look forward to hearing how you get on 👍

[@TheTechnoaddict]

@@easycompositestv first time doing tubes and going to try a few techniques. Wanted to order from you guys but due to the brexit i'm gonna wait till there is a definit agreement on transfers across europe.

[@BennysThoughts]

I love your videos. They are some of the best for composites. Would it be possible to use this process to make a long tube? I'm rather space constrained here. Your input is appreciated. Thanks again.

[@easycompositestv]

Tubes can be infused as long as the diameter is big enough to be practical to lay up. You will likely need spray tack to hold everything in place vertically. Also you will need careful planning of the infusion consumables so that the resin actually flows on all sides of the tube.

[@hfranke07]

Again.... you guys are so awesome....

[@Thestripper1]

That's a great tutorial guys, thanks so much!

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks for the great feedback, it makes it worthwhile and makes us want to make more!!

[@CameronCarter1]

Another outstanding video. Thanks.

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks Cameron, glad you enjoyed it

[@PatHaskell]

Love the level of detail with his presentations . It’s too bad that they had to cancel their expedition.

[@fordyootbling2189]

Great stuff . Well done and thank you. Can't understand why anybody would want to flog themselves on the Ice, ah well! Good Luck Fellas.

[@diyhell8712]

Great video, as always!

[@easycompositestv]

Thank you!

[@bonfacendirangu6688]

this composite is very important in manufacture

[@PauloNeuenschwander]

Hey Paul. This tutorial is amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us! I have a quick question. What if there is a place where the resin didn't reach? Not because of leakage but for example because of a wrong setting of the resin hoses or so. Is there a way to fix that and save the part? Thanks man!

[@easycompositestv]

Hi Paulo, yes, you can often recover a situation like that or at least make it a bit better. It’s a bit of a messy process but you can ‘graft’ a new resin inlet and vacuum line, in situ. It’s difficult to explain but maybe I could do a short demo at some point.

[@b.w.oostdam8875]

Hello, still very greatfull for your very informative video's, been enjoying them very much. I have a question.. I would like to duplicate som rather small vintage polyester RC Airplane landing gear. They were very nicely made and very becoming to the plane due to there shape and finish. However they were too weak by design. I would like to duplcate them in Carbon fibre but due to the LG being very thin blades (like miniature limbs of a bow and arrow) I am having trouble to come up with a plausible way of making the mould. So... I thought, maybe I can make a 2 part siliconerubber mould and combine it with infusion.. Would that work or would the mould collapse under the vacuum ?

[@easycompositestv]

Very small items are hard to infuse. It may have been made in 2 parts or used a multipart mould to make things easier.

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Cool series.

[@jdrissel]

I have wondered about using something like a rug machine to push bundles of fiber through a thicker core to create a triangulated brace inside the core. No clue if it would work yet, but it seems like it might have some value, especially if the core itself fails due to chemical or environmental conditions. Then you would be left with a triangulated lattice holding the skins in place...

[@AH-ns2wh]

Sometimes people drill small holes in thin cores so that the resin physically links from one side to the other. It wouldn't be a major stretch, although fiddly, to run fibres through gaps in a core from one skin to the other, if delamination or core failure is a worry. Although, of course if a core snaps, then either the skins have too, and it's a dead part, or they haven't and it's a minor issue only. If the core perishes or rots for any reason, again the part is likely dead, and needs to be replaced or repaired, and laboriously linking the skins would have been a waste of time.

[@easycompositestv]

With the Lantor Soric and 3D core, you already are left with a honeycomb lattice of epoxy resin. In theory those gaps filled also with fibres may well achieve what you desire, however I suspect the practicality of cross weaving it at manufacture or during the laminating process may be too difficult to make it worth it for all but very extreme cases.

[@behindtheseeyesiseewhatyou8953]

I love these videos, hands and heads above anything else out there. In the USA here and sad being a customer isn’t easier. You would be my goto. I mentioned before that I’m wanting to make a Fiat 500 carbon fiber hood identical to yours made a while back. Covid has hit my family he’s and sadly my plans have come to a stop. I’m trying to source an affordable vacuum pump here and some good quality carbon chips to skin a carbon diffuser that was cracked by a hit and run idiot in a parking lot last spring. Skinning it with forged fibers and vacuum bagging it would surely make it look amazing. It’s cracked along tope edge and is all consmetic. I used a baking soda a cyanoacralte mixture when it happened to keep the crack from spreading. Eventually, I’ll remove, fill and skin and possibly tint the coating. The part is so much lighter and it was almost $1000.00 new, I’d hate to trash it. In the mean time please keep up the great work and since the forged look is in, can you do a video showing a cosmetic skinning or epoxy tuning to influence a color difference? Thank you and please keep the vids coming, the education is priceless

[@easycompositestv]

Thanks Sean, great to hear from you and learn what your working on. For sure this pandemic has put a lot of plans on hold, including some of ours. We’ll certainly do some tutorials working with chopped carbon but, as you might expect, ours may be a little bit of a different take compared to what’s out there already. All the best with your projects.

[@robertschulke1596]

Was mixing graphite powder into the gel-coat on the bottom and runners considered? It gives a great improvement in durability and friction reduction.

[@easycompositestv]

Hi Robert, it was more than considered; we did a whole video about it. Please check out the video which comes before this in the series! The runners themselves are fixed on after but.... spoiler alert.... graphite didn't help in this situation.

[@truvak]

Really a master piece! Could have been easier to do it with a convex mold? Thanks.

[@easycompositestv]

Generally you determine that based on which side you want to be the high quality moulded side.

[@truvak]

@@easycompositestv I see, so in this case, the high quality moulded side was the exterior, right?

[@JoshuaPhelps_]

Great job!

[@MiNiD33]

Please can you make a video about vacuum infused pipe shapes like masts and booms for boats?

[@easycompositestv]

We have done a tutorial already about split moulded tubular shapes which would pretty-much cover the process and technique for a mast. You'd need to scale it up in your mind but the technique is the same: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHPFgIh6ea-parM

[@juantelle1]

I'd love to see some destructive testing on these pieces

[@jackspratt4343]

Excellent tutorial. May I ask what would be the material costs of this sled. Thanks.

[@easycompositestv]

Hard to say for sure as several were made plus fitting out costs, development costs etc.

[@jackspratt4343]

@@easycompositestv Thanks for that answer. Just the material costs ordr of magnitude approximate ball park figures please.Something that size, would the material bill be $ 500 or $ 5000 .Thanks agian for your reply.

[@TheLastCrankers]

Me watching without tools, money, a project to use this knowledge on or even a workshop where I could do it: *hmm yes, interesting*

[@easycompositestv]

Haha, hey, sometimes it’s good enough to just know ‘how’!

[@TheLastCrankers]

@@easycompositestv damn right it is, thanks for the tutorials!

[@jericawolz3456]

Awesome video! Recently trying a split mold... Any tips on how to fully seal the center split so air can't get in from the mould?

[@easycompositestv]

Envelope bagging is the most reliable method to avoid leaking through the mould split lines.

[@jericawolz3456]

Thank you!

[@ShubhamShelke07]

Amazing video, I just had one question that what are the specifications of that vaccum pump and if I had to buy the similar one, where can I get it. Thanks for everything, the video has helped me a lot to start my journey from upgrading from Hand Moulding to Resin Infusion.

[@easycompositestv]

We're using our EC4 Vacuum Pump; full details and specification can be found by following the link: www.easycomposites.co.uk/ec4-composites-vacuum-pump

[@rnichol22]

Do creases in the bag create marks on the inner surface?

[@easycompositestv]

no as the peel ply is against the part surface. The peel ply gives an even stippled finish.