flow media (infusion)

In the last post from the class evan put on!
there was An A pillar with guage clusters, that was infused.

Q; Why was there so much flow media used?
beacause of the shape, ups downs? big curves

In your vids on infusion, the flow media only cover about 60% of the cf!

thanx advice…

It depends on the viscosity of the resin. Thinner resins can wet out a lot easier/faster unassisted than thicker resin. The A-pillar you saw was infused with an epoxy and it was the first time we have attemped that particular part so I wasn’t sure how far the resin will make it. Normally I always go overkill on everything on the first try. Then I eventually make the necessary adjustments as I learn more about how the particular part behave. With infusion, each part is different although the concept remains the same. That’s why there’re people like polyworx to create softwares to predict the resin flow rate/time/distance base on your given inputs. When you’re infusion a 40 foot boat, you really can’t afford to ‘experiment’.

Thats all you can do I guess! I saw that boat project, pritty cool!!
I finally got all the stuff for infusion.
Iam have some ve resin that is rated at , I believe 160 ?? viscosity. how is the rating for thinnes?
the lower the number the thinner it is, so it will move faster than a higher number?

My first try is going to been on a piece of glass this weekend… :smiley:
thanx later

160 is a good viscosity for infusion. Anything below 400 will work fine, anything below 250 will work best.