Amount of resin needed


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Dear all, 
I have a question regarding the amount of resin required for a project.
A laminate needs to be fabricated using a hand layup procedure.
given material
E glass fabric 6 ply
each ply is 1 mm in thickness
Area = 2500mm^2
Areal weight = 1100 g/m^2
Density = 2.6 g/cm^3
Resin vinyl ester
density = 1.05 g/cm^3
using the above-mentioned values for fiber and resin, how can I determine the amount of resin required to produce a laminate? 
Thank you


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For wet layup with woven reinforcement, you use the same weight of resin as you have weight of reinforcement, plus a little bit for wastage. So if your part is 2.5 square metres and you have 2750g (if ive understood that correctly) of fibreglass, then you need 2750g of resin to wet out the fibreglass. You will inevitably waste a bit in the brush or roller and the pot, and maybe be a little resin rich in some areas, so I would probably mix 2850g of resin.
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Hanaldo - 8/11/2020 10:31:09 AM
For wet layup with woven reinforcement, you use the same weight of resin as you have weight of reinforcement, plus a little bit for wastage. So if your part is 2.5 square metres and you have 2750g (if ive understood that correctly) of fibreglass, then you need 2750g of resin to wet out the fibreglass. You will inevitably waste a bit in the brush or roller and the pot, and maybe be a little resin rich in some areas, so I would probably mix 2850g of resin.

Hi Hanaldo,
Thank you for your response.
I was also thinking the same. However, I could not find any documentation to substantiate the theory.


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