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    Making silicone bladder for composite molding

    Thanks, I've heard about that. My part is about 0.75" in diameter, but varies. I suppose was post was a little vague, but I was just wondering if there are rules of thumb for building bladders. We'll experiment with some silicone molds.
  2. ingear

    Making silicone bladder for composite molding

    I've seen several good posts on composite bladder molding, but I'm wondering if anyone has some specific recommendations for: 1) Silicone materials, sources, methods to use to make the bladders 2) Wall thickness of the bladder FYI we can't used a trapped solid rubber mandrel since it would be...

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