Fiberglass questions

Discussion in 'Construction' started by metaphysics1221, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. metaphysics1221

    metaphysics1221 Member

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    I am getting ready to fiberglass my ship, and I am a little bit confused about how much resin I need to buy. From advice I got previously on here, I am going to use this fiberglass:

    http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/hca/hcahcar5010.htm

    And I am planning on using this resin:

    http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/paa/paapt40.htm

    If you have 6 oz of resin and 6 oz. of hardener in each set, how many sets do I need to buy to cover 1 sq. yard of the 2 oz fabric above? Should one layer of glass be enough?
     
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  2. Tugboat

    Tugboat Facilitator RCWC Staff Admiral (Supporter)

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    How big a ship are you building? I forget which one it is :) Haven't had my coffee and just woke up.
     
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  3. metaphysics1221

    metaphysics1221 Member

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    My ship is just a simples design I made myself, just to get use to the basic idea. It is 33 inches long and 8 inches wide, the hull is 5 inches tall.
     
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  4. Powder Monkey

    Powder Monkey Active Member

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    I would just go to Home depot and buy the BONDO Home Solutions all-purpose Fiberglass Resin comes in 32floz and has a toothpaste size hardener with it and you use 14 drops of it per oz and has a working time of 10-15 min I’m on my second ship with it with no problems [^]
     
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  5. metaphysics1221

    metaphysics1221 Member

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    How much does that BONDO cost? I don't want to spend more than ~$30 on epoxy.
     
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