Fiberglass Repair
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CT has it and it isn't expensive
Sent using a thumb maybe 2
Sent using a thumb maybe 2
I usually went with mat first then roving and then mat again.
I know I have chopped strand mat and I'd have to check on roving. That's 6" X 12" in Christian measurement.
If it's critical you get into waxed vs unwaxed resins, various types of polyesters, grooved rollers, etc.
Be prepared for styrene odour. In winter when I can't work outside I use epoxy as it has a lot lower odour but much higher price, two part gold.
how many laminations do you think you'll need?
P.S. Epoxy doesn't wet out chopped strand mat and I just checked, I have some roving as well. Bloor 427
I know I have chopped strand mat and I'd have to check on roving. That's 6" X 12" in Christian measurement.
If it's critical you get into waxed vs unwaxed resins, various types of polyesters, grooved rollers, etc.
Be prepared for styrene odour. In winter when I can't work outside I use epoxy as it has a lot lower odour but much higher price, two part gold.
how many laminations do you think you'll need?
P.S. Epoxy doesn't wet out chopped strand mat and I just checked, I have some roving as well. Bloor 427
Usually woven is used between layers of mat to get a higher glass to resin ratio.
yes watch for that. the binder in CSM won't disolve with epoxy like it does with polyester and will make it harder to work.
sandwiching woven between CSM also helps to give a better show surface - preventing the coarser woven texture from telegraphing through the finish.
I recently wrapped a paper tube to reinforce it. It was a pain trying to get it neat and it was never right. Doing it over again I would tack it together and wind a tape in a spiral. Clean it up after. Doing it by the book is extremely time consuming.
If your fixing a ski pole or any tube , take a broken piece to home depot and get a wood dowel to insert as a plug, or use a pencil if you have one or anything that fits, a clean break on a tube will never be the same without a splint , then rough up the surfaces so you have a mechanical tooth bond as well as a chemical bond .
Use a sheet of formica or a pc of reject melamine as a work table and throughly wet out the patch material , then wrap the pole. I like to buy the 2 or 3" glass tape ( CTC auto aisle) and spiral wind the pole. When you wet out the fiber first you only have resin that will be working/ helping in the repair , not running all over.
Use a sheet of formica or a pc of reject melamine as a work table and throughly wet out the patch material , then wrap the pole. I like to buy the 2 or 3" glass tape ( CTC auto aisle) and spiral wind the pole. When you wet out the fiber first you only have resin that will be working/ helping in the repair , not running all over.
