How Hot Fiberglass?
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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
Forum Discription: Fiberglass Kick Panels, Subwoofer Enclosures, Plexiglas, Fabrics, Materials, Finishes, etc.
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Printed Date: April 29, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Topic: How Hot Fiberglass?
Posted By: bluetruck
Subject: How Hot Fiberglass?
Date Posted: January 25, 2005 at 5:38 PM
how hot can i get cured fiberglas before it burns my house down? im working on a base for a lava lamp and i think F/G woudl be good but as we all know the base gets pretty hot. will i be ok or should i try somethign else?
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 26, 2005 at 10:15 AM
I think once its cured your good to go. My hood on my civic is fiberglass and it probably doesnt get as hot as a lava lamp but im sure its close. Imagine the heat of the engine on a 100 degree day with the sun shining down on it, sitting in traffic w/ no air flowing across it at all. Thats hot.
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 26, 2005 at 10:16 AM
Also what does it look like? How are you constructing it? ------------- Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: branvw
Date Posted: January 26, 2005 at 1:43 PM
fiberglass burns very very poorly, they use fiberglass cloth to insulate some fire suits, and even fire places
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 26, 2005 at 2:24 PM
Well there you go I think it would work.
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: January 26, 2005 at 2:33 PM
you can buy fiberglass mufflers......
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 26, 2005 at 4:05 PM
Very true the old glasspacks, I forgot about those.
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Posted By: Glowinlow22
Date Posted: January 27, 2005 at 11:27 PM
thats stuffs all treated, fiberglass cloth is different than fiberglass as a whole, resin has a whole different reaction to heat, usually its fine but i dont know the exact boiling point but i know it WILL BURN, i've never seen one burst into flames though, my brother uses shop lights to dry glass faster for his rental business, usually the lights are about 4 or 5 inches away from the glass and the heat that comes out of those lights will burn your hand from that distance so its gotta be at least 200 to 300 degrees on the glass, i've seen it turn black and brown and start smoking like crazy but i dont think your lamp will burst into flames or anything, my suggestion is to take a lavalamp base put a therometer in there with it on and see how much it heats up, lay a flat sheet of glass just a little square or so and put this directly on top of the light, i'd say use the oven to recreate the same temp but if the glass melts the resin will wreak for days and days and probably never come out the smell is enough to drop a moose lol, anywho keep the temp gauge directly on the glasses back side or between the light and the glass on top and let the whole thing sit for like an hour keeping an eye on it with it in a safe place just in case , if that doesnt burn then your good to go, i'd really suggest using aluminum or somethin safer but if you want glass go for it. J~
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 7:52 AM
Hey what is it that they said makes resin burst into flames they talked about it on here a long time ago, they like put to much mekp into it or something and it just burst into flames? I cant remember what they put in there though????
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