Automotive paint supply places have plastic containers that have the different ratios marked right on the side...Lemme see if I can get a link for ya...takes the guesswork out of the mixing...djlancer88;1715836; said:
How to fiberglass Plywood Tank?
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Just use a pos plastic cup, quart size. I use the chop suey containers from chinese food. When the resin hardens in the plastic you can just bend the container and crack the resin and peel it out like a mold leaving you with a clean container to go again.
zennzzo;1715856; said:
Mixing is easy, I just pour it in and eye ball the hardener never failed me. It gets real easy after time, you either harden when your stirring or it takes 5000 hrs to dry
EXACTLY!...'nuff saidITHURTZ;1715866; said:... you either harden when your stirring or it takes 5000 hrs to dry
djlancer88,
I couldn't find the exact mixing cups I used before but I did find these...
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=USPlastic&category%5Fname=14&product%5Fid=14039
Chemistry is an exacting science, and in the long run you'll be better off measuring everything as close as possible. That way everything will have the same hardness...
I couldn't find the exact mixing cups I used before but I did find these...
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=USPlastic&category%5Fname=14&product%5Fid=14039
Chemistry is an exacting science, and in the long run you'll be better off measuring everything as close as possible. That way everything will have the same hardness...
The ones I linked you to have measurements on the side like a measuring cup...and they bead up the liquid so you can pour the resin/hardner out onto your tray easier...djlancer88;1716856; said:
I use a cheapo under-bed type plastic storage container, for a tray, to soak my roving/mat into before laying it up. That way it is totally saturated and there will be less air bubbles to work out...
Im glad u mentioned that about the under bed container, i would of never thought, lol. My g/f has tons of em!!!! lol
Vids uploading at the moment, 50mb might take a while. I got a 3 min window with this batch, dont mind the top corner I didnt care to make that perfect. I used chopped strand for this. I might go back out and make another layer but I only have the thick mat left so we will see how that goes.
