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Originally Posted by Blue_Heron
The fittings that seem to work best are simple 3/8" nylon hose barb tees you can pick up from Lowes, Home Depot,or Ace. I wrapped the base of the barb in tacky tape and squeezed the bag down over it to seal. Here's one after debagging the laminate:
Dave
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That's good to know that something that simple will work for a connector, and thanks for the heads up on the tacky tape. I have several different types of masking from metal building construction and don't know if it will work well. It sticks good but might not come up well like you said. The spiral I have is HD stuff, better than most you see used for vacuum bagging and should hold up fine to the 25"hg that my pumps rated at. The connectors I have thought about getting are these pictured. The plastic ones wont stick to the resin (either type resin) and are good for 250 +degrees. They suppose to remove easily too. The second aluminum type look good but not sure how well they will clean up if the resin gets in them and hardens and they are $30 each. The third looks good too, and has a silicon sealing connector for the hose. I am going to try some different things far as the connectors go and see what works best for me.
Curious, How far down dose your pump pull? do you get a full 25"mg of vac? and also how well did it flow with the resin you used and what type of us composite resin did you use? the 635 Thin resin? I have some of that myself and it seems thin but, I bought some VE infusion resin and it is much much thinner than the 635.
