Howzit Noodle, Thanks for the help. The MV test worked on a small lamination. I think we will go this route for a while. Someone mentioned to set a lamp in each corner of the room what is the benefit of this? We would like to keep the cure time to under 10 minutes. Also is there any negative curing affects to the laminate, such as a weaker stick etc. You seem to have much knowledge, Can you also suggest a way to keep our neighbors from hasseling us about the rez smell, maybe some advice on a inexpensive filter. Last, Our sanding room is a dust/hell pit. We have been blowing the dust around the hood for a while, and have ticked of some folks that like clean cars, we considered a dust collector. Please advise?
Howzit Noodle, Thanks for the help. The MV test worked on a small > lamination. I think we will go this route for a while. Someone mentioned > to set a lamp in each corner of the room what is the benefit of this? We > would like to keep the cure time to under 10 minutes. Also is there any > negative curing affects to the laminate, such as a weaker stick etc.>>> You seem to have much knowledge, Can you also suggest a way to keep our > neighbors from hasseling us about the rez smell, maybe some advice on a > inexpensive filter.>>> Last, Our sanding room is a dust/hell pit. We have been blowing the dust > around the hood for a while, and have ticked of some folks that like clean > cars, we considered a dust collector. Please advise? I have only limited experience with production operations. An archive search would lead you to pro advice on vaccum/filtering of fumes and dust. The resin fumes you are talking about are tremendously reduced with UV catalyst. The alternative MEKP is the biggest producer of surfboard curing fumes. Switching from MEKP to UV catalyst is allowing most commercial laminators to actually drop their EPA and local VOC emission licenses. Suncure advertises that their UV catalyst produces cures identical to the best MEKP cures. However, with UV catalyst: 1)You dont have to worry about the heat associated with MEKP cures causing weak lams, and 2)Unlike MEKP cures, UV cures need less than a day of cure time before use. Weren’t you saying how you wanted to shield your rails from curing before you lapped them? Placing curing lights around the edges of your board cures the rails. You’ll probably want some rail lights. Your plan would leave the side/end lights off for bottom-board cures, then turn them on for top cures. However, you can lap over cured lam resin as long as there’s no sanding aid in it. You’re kinda on your own as to where to mount MV cure lights. You might consider lighting up only one rail. Flipping a mostly cured board to cure the opposite rail would be doable. Keep us filled in on your progress. Ten minute MV cure times would require pretty close light-to-board proximity. Beware, in my research I’ve encountered UV cures which I pulled out a little early. The resin was dry, but it turned out to lack hardness. You want a full cure.