Larry wrote:

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in
I want you to add one more cooler to the test......

Go down to the dollar stores and buy the biggest cheap styrofoam cooler,
the one that just styrofoam and $6 you can find.

Test it to and it'll wipe the nose of all the others....(c;

Floats, too, even fulla beer!...(c;


And they can make a interesting fiberglass practice project.

This is a good sanity check for anyone thinking of building a
fiberglass airplane. (sorta also applies to glass boats?)

If you can make a nice looking glass cooler, you might be able
to build a nice airplane - or boat.
Otherwise, do something else.

Ultimate Beer Cooler Project:

Select a cheap Styrofoam cooler.

Using 5 ounce BID, and epoxy resin (!), glass micro balloons, and
chopper cotton fiber --- cover the cooler.

Plan on 4 layers on the bottom, 3 on the out sides, and 2 insides
and 4 on the floor(!). 1" overlaps typical.

2 layers BID on the lid.

Don't forget to prep the lid / cooler clearances!

Probably easier to take some off of the bottom of lid than to attack
the inside edge of the cooler. Lay some extra glass tape along the
contact area of the lid. Sand for a tight fit when it's all solid.

If you just happen to have some of that neato looking carbon fiber tape
handy, add a wrap around the cooler during the lay-up.

- and - presto -

the World's First
Carbon Fiber Reinforced
Beer Cooler!


In the end, if it looks nice and weighs less than 10 pounds?

If the wife points it out, "can you believe HE made that?".

If you didn't break out in hives, or scratch rashes.

And found you are allergic to latex (nitryl gloves).


It's almost kinda fun.

sorta...