First fiberglass expirience- help needed
#11
.... I've always used the woven mat. Molds to any shape instantly and hold plenty of resin.... I've never gone wrong using it. I find it to be way less of a headache and plenty strong.
#13
i found it very hard to layer it. i find chop mat to be the easiest and most effective mat. your have the ability to control where you put it just by tearing it to shape and its alot more 'resin friendly' as you dont use as much resin to have the mat soak thru
#14
ok... so i will get fleece, polyester resin...
and as for mat I want it to be easy to mold, I have few interior details I want to mold too so that will be very nice if it will shape nicely, Im going to go to Composites Canada tomorrow morning to get resin and the matt so I will ask them as well, they quoted me for $130 for 5gal of resin, now that's way cheaper then napa lol, but is it a good price? Thank you all for help.... It looks like its going to be a fun weekend lol
and as for mat I want it to be easy to mold, I have few interior details I want to mold too so that will be very nice if it will shape nicely, Im going to go to Composites Canada tomorrow morning to get resin and the matt so I will ask them as well, they quoted me for $130 for 5gal of resin, now that's way cheaper then napa lol, but is it a good price? Thank you all for help.... It looks like its going to be a fun weekend lol
#16
OK awesome, I keep reading that I should use filler- bondo, but all the tutorials don't really show the step with that being applied anywhere... I have some kind of body filler that's reinforced with fiberglass, so that should work... but do I apply it as a top layer so it will be easier to smooth it out? or how that works?...
#17
My understanding is that you get better adhesion between layers with the un-waxed.
#18
Plain old body filler (without fibres) is a lot easier to sand.
I just use a small plastic er to apply body filler. It is just like mudding when doing drywall. The more care you take when putting it on, the less sanding you have to do to get the finish you are looking for.
#19
I got everything the other day in Mississauga, I got the un-waxed one as there was no difference between the price, also got sanding putty so sanding will be easy now, everything is prepared to lay fiberglass now so I will probably start doing it today after work ;]
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