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Edinburgh humidity and weekend composite cures
Why Midlothian workshop weather matters when you schedule a wet lay-up, and how our materials bay keeps cure cycles predictable.
Midlothian humidity swings can stretch a wet lay-up schedule. Our materials bay logs ambient readings before resin is mixed so weekend demonstrations stay within the cure window published on the course sheet.
Why weather shows up on the timetable
Cold benches slow gel time; damp air risks blush on some resin systems. When an open day coincides with a storm front, we may shift a live lay-up to a sealed demo panel prepared earlier in the week.
What learners should expect
You will still see vacuum bagging, peel ply, and inspection of a cured coupon. The point is predictability: we would rather reschedule a wet stage than rush a panel that cannot be assessed fairly.