Thread: What glass/cloth combo??
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08-05-2009 11:10 PM
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08-06-2009 09:12 AM
Dave - we were "those" people at the ramp last weekend. You know the couple you say you'll never be? We were them.
Tony - "NO! You need to throttle harder, it isn't going on the trailer right!. "
I AM!
Let ME do it then! Oh.... it isn't going on right...
It didn't help this was after our camping trip where everything was covered in sand, we beached the Whaler by accident on the sandbar and had to carry a **** load of stuff back and forth from the beach to the boat.I saw a boat once!
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08-06-2009 09:17 AMDave, I have a question about 1708 and 1700, it just occured to me.....
What about bonding 1700/Epoxy to an existing substrate? Does the 1700 provide enough bond to the old surface or should 1708 be used for the first layer of the laminate?
Just curious!
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08-07-2009 08:23 PMThrottles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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08-07-2009 09:02 PM
Do you happen to stock 1708 Dave?
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08-08-2009 03:01 PM
what are you up 2 now ? Frank 9 times out of 10 most people will use 1708 for the pure fact that if you are using west system epoxy they will call a west systens service tech and they will recomernd 1708 because the 3/4 oz chop back is sewn into the weave of the S glass and like i said in a previous post 1700 or S glass is not readily available unless ordered . Frank the reason for not using a chop back is very simple because epoxy will not saturate or absorb into the fabric (mat / chop ) as well as poly or vinyl because of the chemical make up . Hope all is well................. artie
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08-09-2009 09:53 AMThings are great! Nothin doin, just curious on the 1700 for use with Epoxy in the future.
It was definitely a PITA wetting out the 1708 with the Epoxy. In the future I'll do the 1700 and see how I like it.
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08-09-2009 10:22 AMI was told, pretty sure it was Pete, the binding agent in the mat can interfere with epoxy curing.
As far as the wetting of 1708 with polyester. I have always pre wetted the fabric with a nice brush shiny side {woven side } first, flip the piece and completely wet mat side.
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08-09-2009 05:41 PM1708 doesn't have styrene binder, its stiched. It is just hard to wet out. Only way I got it to wet out the way I liked it was to roll it and squegee before lay-up
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08-10-2009 09:37 AM
I had decent results with 1708 wetting out with polyester resin using the brush and wetting both sides. Then wetted some more when it was in place. I just tried to get the resin on evenly, so that the mat saturated more uniformly. Seemed like many lighter coats with the brush was better than dumping it on the mat and spreading it out.
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08-15-2009 06:28 AM
I did some 1708 yesterday and thought about this post. Had a heck of a time getting it to wet well. Maybe my ratio was off, or the sun that came around and hit the work. It was ok in the end. But dam was it tough this time. Had to keep applying resin and then it would run.
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08-19-2009 11:59 AM
A while back people would laugh when they saw my Chopper Gun that was Until the Carbon fiber tow was spotted going to the gun,Then the snickering stopped.
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