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Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE
By:PatrickC
Date: 9/23/2007, 11:00 am
In Response To: Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE *LINK* (Rob Macks / Laughing Loon)

Do you have an opinion on thinning the wet out coat? I'm planning on trying it to see if there will be less pooling..easier wet out...less weight.

: A few years back I visited West Systems and talked to one of the Gougeon
: bothers.

: He told me they had done research on wetting out one layer and two layers of
: glass cloth.

: They found that wetting out more than one layer (without vacuum bagging) at a
: time, caused
: excess resin to be absorbed resulting in excess weight.

: They recommend wetting out single layers where excess resin is squeegeed off.

: Follow this link to see the methods I suggest to get a consistantly
: transparent lay-up.

: Rob

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Glassing...
Tim -- 9/21/2007, 1:29 pm
Re: S&G: Glassing...
Acors -- 9/22/2007, 10:20 am
Glass it ALL AT ONCE
Steve Szarawarski -- 9/21/2007, 8:18 pm
Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE *LINK*
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon -- 9/22/2007, 9:27 pm
Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE
Steve Szarawarski -- 9/23/2007, 11:18 am
Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon -- 9/23/2007, 3:08 pm
Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE
Steve Szarawarski -- 9/23/2007, 4:17 pm
Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE
PatrickC -- 9/23/2007, 11:00 am
Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon -- 9/23/2007, 2:44 pm
Re: Glass it ALL AT ONCE
Acors -- 9/23/2007, 1:23 pm
Re: S&G: Glassing...
Pedro Almeida -- 9/21/2007, 4:55 pm
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Toni V -- 9/21/2007, 4:18 pm