Thanks for the suggestions...
Crikey - there seems to be a lot of work in this and a requirement for
stable electrical supply which presents a challenge in Colombia. I think I
am going to be lazy and seek a car paint oven or autoclave.
Yours
Will
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Hi Guys
I sewed up a post curing tent. It's a round sausage made out of vinyl using
a 4" muffin fan to keep it inflated and a zipper to get to your stuff. I
forget the exact dimensions but the aluminium tubes ate 10 feet long so it's
close to that.BTW a YKK Zipper leaks very little pressure compared to
Velcro. Inside I have a 1500 watt articulating heater and a small fan to
keep the air inside from stratifying. I used a pyrometer or two from my hot
air balloons to keep track of the temps as well as a digital probe style. We
just drape some bubble wrap over the top to insulate a little better. Works
great. I only have one pic. of it:
http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=27251
Here we have two thin wall aluminium tubes holding it opened as we were
using it in the winter to keep new layups warm after we shut down the heat.
All our post curing was done at Waynes home with no tubes. A small square of
Duct tape closes the holes for the tubes. It stores in a bag smaller than a
shopping bag.
If anyone is interested I also sewed up a 10' wide by 20" long and 9 foot
high tent that lives resident in my Tin hangar in NY. The sides are Velcroed
in place and can easily be removed to turn it into a hangar (top stays put
9' off the ground). Wew have heat from our home made heat exchanger and air
conditioning.
Also is a sewn up was our paint booth. It rolls up to a big Q-tip when not
being used. It has filtered air coming through a huge filter sewn to one
side:
http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=27216
The pics only show it 10 feet long, but I can add extra to make it large
enough to paint the fuse and glider wings. The idea is the large 30" fan is
blowing in fresh air through the filter that is close to the size of the
wall. The air is going very slow. Then I have an attic fan in the door with
a furnace filter in it. The 30" overcomes the attic naf and pressurizes the
tent. I have to be careful, we need to put a restrictor over some of the
intaqke side of the 30" fan or it will make the tent so hard it will fail. I
should really sew up a "horses ass" relief valve, just a 8" tube with a
rubber band holding it closed. It hangs fro two 10' tubes and once inflated
can easily support 50 or more pounds hanging from the tubes.
Ron Parigoris
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