need help with fiberglass

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Topic: need help with fiberglass

Posted By: popeye004
Subject: need help with fiberglass
Date Posted: August 03, 2004 at 4:32 PM

Can anyone tell me how I can get my resin moving smoothly so I can applie it with a paint brush. I used resin before but it always seams really heavy and thick hard to run it with a paint brush also kinda sticky. Is there a diffrent type of resin for caraudio and boats cause the one I used was for automotive body work. Any help will be appreciated.

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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: August 03, 2004 at 5:37 PM

If you want it thinner use acetone to thin out the resin.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: popeye004
Date Posted: August 04, 2004 at 1:09 PM

how much acetone do I add for how much resin. So I mix the resin and acetone then add the hardner?

Posted By: tylertime
Date Posted: August 04, 2004 at 3:27 PM

just a little bit of acetone...start off small the add more if you need it

and what kind of resin are you using?? i used bondo and everclear it didn'

t seem too thick

Posted By: popeye004
Date Posted: August 04, 2004 at 4:50 PM

I think bondo makes the one I use its automotive resin. So all resins are not the same?

Posted By: defective
Date Posted: August 04, 2004 at 10:07 PM

they are.... just different polyester amounts.... There is actually structure resins, but in custom fabrication situations on small scale, it really doesn't make a difference. If the box was built properly with alot of matting, it's strong as hell.

Always over-estimate on the amout of layers, will save any worry and only costs a little more.

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