FrankShore wrote:
Respectfully ScotG, I disagree with your assumption that vacuum bonding is the same as pinch rolling in laying up a wall. I didn't bring up pinch rolling. I was just saying that sucking all the air out of a laminated product is a recipe for disaster, in this case, delamination.
Why? By using vacuum on the outside of the wall it is compressed similarly to pinch bonding. Different methods for the same results - a glue laminated one piece assembly. Both leave no voids inside the wall where water could collect. All voids are filled with glue.
Your not thinking there's a vacuum left inside the wall are you?