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Re: Slightly green tint fiberglass.
By:Spidey
Date: 9/15/2000, 6:37 pm
In Response To: Slightly green tint fiberglass. (Dale Frolander)

Hi Dale;

I suspect that the sizing has brought about the green color, but I don't think affects the final outcome. When you take nice, white cloth and wet it out with epoxy *on a white background*, it turns a bit green also. It is not especially noticeable on wood, but very noticeable with multiple layers on a removeable layup or on a white background.

I noticed this first when building up my coaming. It you look at the pictures on my web site, you'll see a definite green tinge as I added layers to the coaming (Over masking tape). When the coaming came off, it became even more pronounced as seen in the pix. That was the reason I white pigmented the hatch lip layups - Eliminate the green from the get-go in thicker layups.

In a sentence, if it isn't a bit green from the sizing, it will be when you wet it out. Parity in an otherwise bemused world . . . ;-)

Best Regards, Spidey

Messages In This Thread

Slightly green tint fiberglass.
Dale Frolander -- 9/14/2000, 10:06 pm
Re: Slightly green tint fiberglass.
Don -- 9/16/2000, 10:00 am
Re: Slightly green tint fiberglass.
Spidey -- 9/15/2000, 6:37 pm
Re: Slightly green tint fiberglass.
Dale Frolander -- 9/15/2000, 9:41 pm
Re: Slightly green tint fiberglass.
Reuben Watkins -- 9/25/2000, 4:08 pm
Re: Your Experiment
Spidey -- 9/15/2000, 10:11 pm
Re: Slightly green tint fiberglass.
Tapio Manner -- 9/15/2000, 11:03 am