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crafty with fiberglass
My experience with fiberglass is only in basic boat repair. I am a
student of architecture, and I am looking to experiment with the material's translucent properties for my thesis project. I would like to make sheets of fiberglass. So I have 2 questions. Firstly, onto which material could I place the fiberglass (with resin mixture) to dry without it bonding to it? Secondly, how can I manipulate the translucency of the material without changing the thickness of the individual sheets? Any suggestion would be most appreciated. Thank you. Melanie |
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You could use a sheet of plastic stretched and taped to a smooth flat
surface. Use a slotted roller (West Epoxy Products) to work out the air bubbles. Can't tell you which type of resin would be the most translucent. Wet out each layer well. "Melanie" wrote in message m... My experience with fiberglass is only in basic boat repair. I am a student of architecture, and I am looking to experiment with the material's translucent properties for my thesis project. I would like to make sheets of fiberglass. So I have 2 questions. Firstly, onto which material could I place the fiberglass (with resin mixture) to dry without it bonding to it? Secondly, how can I manipulate the translucency of the material without changing the thickness of the individual sheets? Any suggestion would be most appreciated. Thank you. Melanie |
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On 11-Nov-2004, "MMC" wrote:
Where do you get gel coat pigments? I've got a few dings I'd like to fix without repainting the whole boat. The same place you get gel coat usually - any decent marine supply shop. Mike |
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First part:
a good release surface that is commonly used is "tile board" this is available in 4'x8' sheets at home centers. This is the stuff some people used to make inexpensive shower enclosures and the like. Wax it up good with paste wax like Johnson's polish out and repeat several times. You can make large( up to 4x8) sheets of frp lay-up easily with this. As others mentioned, plastic sheets can be tricky as polystyrene resin contains solvents that can attack a number of plastics. The title board is CHEAP!! and it works good. Second part: most boat fiberglass supply stores have pigments for the resin. The pigments are expensive but since you just want to tint it, shouldn't be too bad. Do some online searches for mail order frp suppliers if there are none in your area. try people like www.fiberglasssupply.com -- Ron White Boat building web address is www.concentric.net/~knotreel |
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Yes but gelcoat will not work, it has no wax. What you need is top coat.
Gelcoat is just polyester resin. Jacques. www.bateau.com "Michael Daly" wrote in message ... On 11-Nov-2004, "MMC" wrote: Where do you get gel coat pigments? I've got a few dings I'd like to fix without repainting the whole boat. The same place you get gel coat usually - any decent marine supply shop. Mike |
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Jacques,
My idea is to use West Epoxy with the pigments to fill small chips and cracks. MMC "Jacques" wrote in message om... Yes but gelcoat will not work, it has no wax. What you need is top coat. Gelcoat is just polyester resin. Jacques. www.bateau.com "Michael Daly" wrote in message ... On 11-Nov-2004, "MMC" wrote: Where do you get gel coat pigments? I've got a few dings I'd like to fix without repainting the whole boat. The same place you get gel coat usually - any decent marine supply shop. Mike |
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Ah! I see that fiberglasssupply sells epoxy pigments! Thanks for the link!
And good info on the "tile board". MMC "Ron White" wrote in message ... First part: a good release surface that is commonly used is "tile board" this is available in 4'x8' sheets at home centers. This is the stuff some people used to make inexpensive shower enclosures and the like. Wax it up good with paste wax like Johnson's polish out and repeat several times. You can make large( up to 4x8) sheets of frp lay-up easily with this. As others mentioned, plastic sheets can be tricky as polystyrene resin contains solvents that can attack a number of plastics. The title board is CHEAP!! and it works good. Second part: most boat fiberglass supply stores have pigments for the resin. The pigments are expensive but since you just want to tint it, shouldn't be too bad. Do some online searches for mail order frp suppliers if there are none in your area. try people like www.fiberglasssupply.com -- Ron White Boat building web address is www.concentric.net/~knotreel |
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