New vacuum bagging technique

[Jon Matcho]

I may never use the "plastic pressure bagging" technique again... I thought some might be interested in an economical and EZ approach for utilizing a vacuum to assist with hand layups. The page is here, and feel free to let me know your thoughts or questions.

[Spodman]

Erm, OK Jon, I'll bite. What is the advantage of all that palaver? I've still only done one layup, the ordinary steam-powered plans version that produced a beaut part of the required weight. Why design the simplicity out of the process?

[Jon Matcho]

Palaver?! You're not from around here are you?

 

I listed several benefits at the bottom of the page, after you wade through all that palaver. If I had to do all my flat parts over again, I would definitely use this technique. However, it's important to note that I mean AGAIN, and not for the first time. You still need to know how to do layups without assistance from a vacuum.

[jridge]

Jon-  bringing up this old topic.  Where can I find the link in your first post of this thread?  I get an error when I access the link.

Thanks,

Jeff

Edited August 14, 2020 by jridge

[Countach74]

Check Cozy girls website. Think they call it low vac.

[Jon Matcho]

7 hours ago, jridge said:

Where can I find the link in your first post of this thread?  I get an error when I access the link.

Ah, that's my website for my build but is offline at the moment. I am thinking about turning on the Blog feature here and transposing everything into it when the new version is soon released. In the meantime you can find a PDF version of that page attached to this post.

5 hours ago, Countach74 said:

Check Cozy girls website. Think they call it low vac.

That's where I got the idea. http://www.cozygirrrl.com/lovac.htm

Jon Matcho Simple Vacuum Bagging.pdf

[Countach74]

Great article Jon!!! Want to try this technique!

[Voidhawk9]

Here's another method that I copied. Works great! http://berkut13.com/sucker.htm