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Re: Strip: Experiments with Infusion
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 4/2/2015, 1:37 pm
In Response To: Strip: Experiments with Infusion (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

So, I decided to play around with infusion (using vacuum to draw resin through a layup) on a microBootlegger I'm building. It worked pretty well. I'm not ready to recommend it for everyone, but it does a nice job.

Interesting info. Thanks, Nick!
Three questions:
How much extra cost did it add to the project?
How much weight do you think it saved?
Do you think there's any advantage in infusion vs hand layup and vacuum bagging? A friend who has worked in the commercial side of kayak building was telling me a few weeks ago that some makers concluded that 'simple' vacuum bagging was just as effective, and cheaper.

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Strip: Experiments with Infusion
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/2/2015, 8:36 am
Re: Strip: Experiments with Infusion
John Messinger -- 4/2/2015, 9:45 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/2/2015, 10:08 am
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Tom C -- 4/12/2015, 8:24 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/16/2015, 2:46 pm
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fadedred -- 4/16/2015, 6:24 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/16/2015, 8:23 pm
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fadedred -- 4/16/2015, 9:01 pm
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fadedred -- 4/16/2015, 9:32 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/17/2015, 10:24 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/17/2015, 7:57 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/2/2015, 1:37 pm
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Justin -- 4/2/2015, 2:42 pm
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george jung -- 4/2/2015, 3:06 pm
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Justin -- 4/2/2015, 3:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/2/2015, 4:31 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/2/2015, 7:40 pm
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george jung -- 4/3/2015, 10:03 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/3/2015, 4:04 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/3/2015, 5:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2015, 6:29 am
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Sam McFadden -- 4/3/2015, 2:27 pm