Acrylic

[KOM]

Does acrylic cure faster at higher temperatures? For example, if the long cure cycle is 9 hours at 165 F can you just increase the temp and have it cure faster?

Thanks.

 

[Streetwolf]

You can't raise the temp initially... this results in porosity of the acrylic.

We learned that you could keep it at 160 for an hour and a half and then increase to 212 for a half hour.

I know that our school's lab does 160 for 8 hours.

 

[KOM]

Thanks!