Using Sheet Glass To Lay Up Fiberglass

As noted above the fiber does not have to be glass.

Using sheet glass to lay up fiberglass.

Fiberglass resin impregnating technique. This will ruin your project. Instead heat up the room to accelerate the process. The following video demonstrates the basic lay up technique to fabricate a fiberglass laminate.

Protect your skin and eyes by wearing gloves eye protection and clothes to cover the skin. For laying up fiberglass on hard. Glass cloth aka bi axial woven fabric aka bi axial. It is imperative to work in a well ventilated area.

The mat or cloth will seem to melt into the resin as you spread it and you can use the brush and additional coats of resin to build up the layer of fiberglass to a thickness of up to 1 4 inch 0 6 cm. The styrene in polyester and vinyl ester resins evaporate into the air during lay up. For one square foot use about 1 cup of prepared fiberglass resin. If you must use several pieces line them up next to each other with as little gap between them as possible.

Work in a well ventilated area. Lay one of the sheets of fiberglass on the surface. However this section will cover glass fiber specifically. The fiberglass resin is a thick substance that needs a catalyst to harden.

Working with fiberglass and resin can be hazardous if you are not careful. On a small lay up the fiberglass laminate which hangs over the edge of the mold can be trimmed off easily with a razor knife if you catch the trim stage of the period after the lay up has gelled but before it has hardened. Lay mat on or in your form and spread the resin mixture over it with a disposable paint brush. Too warm and it will harden too quickly.

Fiberglass in temperatures between 60 and 85 degrees f. The fabric to resin ratio was carefully calculated to yield a maximum of 35 resin content and process demonstrate how to produce low porosity or entrapped air bubbles large voids and microscopic porosity within the laminate. The list below contains common designations for this material. Fiberglass is the actual cloth or mat made up of glass fibers.

Too cold and fiberglass won t harden.