How do you thin resin for fleece?
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Topic: How do you thin resin for fleece?
Posted By: BoominRolla
Subject: How do you thin resin for fleece?
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 8:37 AM
I was reading that some people "thin" out the resin so it soaks into fleece better... how do you go about doing that?
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 9:14 AM
Some guy just posted this a couple posts down, and said he was goint to try acetone, and nik said that it would work.
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 12:38 PM
It soaks just fine for me without thinning.
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Posted By: 5150azn
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 1:16 PM
Yeah I've never had problem with it not absorbing into the fleece. You just have to "put more, more, more" like my friend tito would say.
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Posted By: BoominRolla
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 2:13 PM
Yeah I've already layed a layer of fleece on 1 project and it soaked about 95% through the underside was just a bit fuzzy still I poured maybe almost a quart of resin on... next time i'll use a brush and a bondo spreader... that should work!!! THANKS GUYS!!
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Posted By: branvw
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 2:33 PM
yeah, but i always dump resin inside the box after it has dried and spread it around to get all the rest of the fuzzy out.
Posted By: 5150azn
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 8:59 PM
I should tell my girl to do that too every time she shaves
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Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: April 04, 2005 at 11:46 PM
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: April 05, 2005 at 12:39 AM
And here is where the thread goes to hell.
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Posted By: Drocay
Date Posted: April 05, 2005 at 2:46 AM
haha, but i use acetone to thin my resin if my fleece is thick.
Posted By: BoominRolla
Date Posted: April 05, 2005 at 4:58 PM
I thought acetone prevents the resin from drying are y'all just messing with me?? I thought you were supposed to put your paintbrushes in acetone to prevent them from hardening?...
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Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: April 05, 2005 at 7:12 PM
If you only add a little acetone, it will thin the resin. It may take a little bit longer to dry but it will dry. No joke. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: bluetruck
Date Posted: April 07, 2005 at 12:10 PM
acetone will keep the resin from curing but it also evaporates like my buzz when the cops show up. so it evaporates and the resin drys. ~Ryan
Posted By: abovestock
Date Posted: June 12, 2005 at 12:40 AM
Use MEK, it is already present in the resin. Also if you go to uscomposites.com they sell a chemical used just for thinning polyester resin. Also before any of you think that MEK is used to harden the resin, it is not, MEK is the carrier of the active ingrediant known as peroxide, Hence MEKP.
Posted By: playr747
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 8:18 AM
Proper thing to use to thin resin is Styrene at a 1/10 ratio
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