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darthness

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 3:02 PM / IP Logged

Ok so today i've been working on my very first fiberglass project... doing kick panels for my car. Anyway, i pulled the mold out about an hour ago and it seems i have quite a few air bubbles.. how can i fix them? they're accessable from the back but i don't want to do to much on that end and risk it not fitting as well... can fill them in with resin?

I have 2 layers on so far and plan to add another layer on tommorow.

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 3:49 PM / IP Logged

leave the bubbles if its going to be too hard to accomplish from the front than you have no real choice. if using mat usually you get bubbles if you dont apply resin good enough to matting making it sink in and saturated. however you should be ok as your only doing kicks.

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darthness

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 5:30 PM / IP Logged

yeah i kinda figured for kick panels it wasn't a huge deal.

but in the future how can i avoid it. i'll probably buy some sort of roller as i've heard those help get rid of any bubbes.

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 8:41 PM / IP Logged

Funny you should bring this up, I saturated my mat really well and still had mass bubbles today, could this be a result of the under resin either not dry or to dry? The mat just didn't seem to want to stick at all :(

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 9:19 PM / IP Logged

Use a roller and this will get rid of all your air bubbles.

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aceracer24

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 9:20 PM / IP Logged

well, I am having a hard time finding one and whats the roller made out of anyway? I tried a wall paper roller made of plastic, that didn't work and I tried a socket lol...metal of course but that just pulled the mat up.

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 9:35 PM / IP Logged

Air bubbles -- posted image.

This is kind of like what I use. The roller is corrugated to allow for the extra resin to squeeze out of the matting and spread out evenly to the rest of the project.

Here's another one that I want to get, but haven't.

Air bubbles -- posted image.

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aceracer24

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 9:51 PM / IP Logged

any idea where I can buy one and how do you keep them from pulling the freshly laid mat back up? THis is the problem I was having...but that could be do to the type I was using also. Home Depot doesn't carry a roller like either one of those at least that I can find anyway.

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 10:13 PM / IP Logged

http://www.fibreglast.com/showproducts-category-Applicators-96.html#275

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Posted: June 12, 2006 at 10:29 PM / IP Logged

Thanks Jeff much appreciated!

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