Glass-fibre-ing…

[Bob BunkerParticipant @bobbunker34937]

Sorry – a  dumb question from a real beginner.  Just  built a wooden speedboat using cyano – I will need to glassfibre it to stop it falling apart..I already have the glass cloth . The kit instructions refer to  K&B,Hobbypoxy or Sig resins, catalysed with MEKP…. but I have heard it is easier (and just as effective) to coat the fibreglass with epoxy such as NHP epoxy finishing resin…..

Any ideas or suggestions, please?  Would either work and is there anything to choose between them?

Thanks

[Bob BunkerParticipant @bobbunker34937]

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

If you already have the cloth it is quite possible that it will be intended for use with polyester resin. Using epoxy may case problems – something to do with the coating on the cloth I think.

 

You say you have glass cloth – do you mean tissue, as that is the usual covering for the exterior? Some people also coat the interior with resin at least while Glynn Guest on this Forim prefers to leave the inside untreated to let the wood breathe if moisture does penetrate.

 

Fastglas resin available from places like Halfords in the UK is a quick setting polyester resin and you can get matching tissue as well.

 

Once it’s on and set it’s not easy to get off so you need to get it right first time! Neil Howard Pritchard on this Forum should also be a ble to give you some useful tips.

 

Colin

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

Will happily help but am going on holiday to Dorset later tonight so will be shutting down “shop”! late evening for a week……

goin’ to seek out my relatives as my kids say…………..fossil hunting on Lymme Regis beach, lol.

so will be back on line on 31st May. that’s if I’m not carted off to the Natural History Museum as an exhibit??

 neil.

[Bob BunkerParticipant @bobbunker34937]

Not at all – thanks for getting in touch…  No rush, the speed with which the boat is progressing is more or less equivalent to archaelogical timeframes, anyway…
Enjoy Lyme Regis – I have forgotten what that beach is famous for -is it trilobites…?

Rgds – Bob Bunker, Hong Kong

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

ammonites, trilobites, bellamites, reptiles and sea creatures with the odd sharks tooth throw in. bob.

so plenty to go at.

my young daughter is planning on bringing a t rex or wooly mamoth back on her shoulders…………..we’ll see.

cheers,neil.

Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 21/05/2009 12:06:51

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