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realitycheck

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Posted: February 16, 2005 at 12:51 PM / IP Logged

What got through?

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Posted: February 16, 2005 at 2:47 PM / IP Logged

Finger nail polish remover should get it, but what kind of gloves are you using?

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Posted: February 16, 2005 at 8:27 PM / IP Logged

if you're talkin about the fiberglass gettin thru, use talc powder

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Posted: February 17, 2005 at 7:26 AM / IP Logged

I think the talc only works before you get it in your skin!

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Posted: February 17, 2005 at 7:26 AM / IP Logged

It stopped after a bit, and yes it was resin. Not sure what kinda gloves, some rubber Dynagrip stuff. It was sitting around. I may have gotten it on my hands some other way(handling the stuff as I scrapped it, I dunno) but maybe I'll start again in the next few days. Come here pizza box, I got some fun for you... (Figured I'd not waste another cup or maybe get some cheap ones.)

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Posted: February 17, 2005 at 7:53 AM / IP Logged

So the cup didnt work?

did the plastic not melt?

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Posted: February 22, 2005 at 8:15 PM / IP Logged

If your worried about getting resin on your hands, go to Wal-Mart to the painting section. You can buy a box of 100 latex or nitrile gloves for about $7 ,they are cheap enough that you can throw them off when you get any on you and slip a clean pair on quickly without touching the resin. Works great!!! There is also a product ,I think it's called Rhino but I'm not sure and its an invisible glove cream that acts as a barrier just in case the latex/nitrile glove tears.

As far as containers go I get my wife to save all the yogurt,margerine, coffee cans she can to use. She hates it when I use her tupperware!!! First Project - Page 2 -- posted image.

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Posted: February 22, 2005 at 11:25 PM / IP Logged

I use the cheap paint mixing cups at lowes. Their great b/c you can measure with them and any leftover resin can be removed once its dry by just flexing the cup a bit and it pops out like an ice cube from a tray.

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Posted: February 23, 2005 at 8:07 AM / IP Logged

hehehe, thats hilarious I do that exact same thing nik. I even saved one or two when I first started glassing cause I though they looked neat, but then I threw them away.

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Posted: February 23, 2005 at 10:48 AM / IP Logged

Ok well I'm hoping the weather starts perking up here in the next couple of weeks so I can get back to work on this... Next time I'm gonna just do a flat surface to get the idea down. After that I'll look for some cheap oddly shaped things. As for the cup melting, not sure, the box I put it in to contain the mess is, well, sealed... As for it getting through, not really worried, it went away fast enough, was just annoying.

EDIT: Concerning using F/G... For a basic application I just wanna pour the resin into a bucket/container, mix in the appropriate hardener amount, dip my cloth in the resin until it is basically soaked with it, then apply to the surface, right? Do a couple more layers and then let it dry for a couple hours? Then reapply same way until I feel it is sturdy enough?

One serious problem I had with the cup was that I tried to cover it with one piece, I can tear it into different pieces so it fits flat and have no problems, right? Sorry, this may sound really dumb, I just don't wanna mess up again. :/

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