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Workshop requirements for Laminating

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By Matt Stevs - 11/5/2014 6:05:41 PM

Hello,

I am looking for a suitable place to use as a workshop forlaminating during the cold winter months. There are a few storage facilitiesthat offer units as workshops. These are climate controlled spaces with I'massuming some sort of ventilation.

My question is, how much ventilation will I need to safelywork in this environment? I will be doing mostly wet-lays with vacuum. I amlaminating with epoxy resin, and possible going to start using a polyestersurface coat (duratec sunshield) as well, which is applied with a HVLP gun.

Depending on the availability and pricing, the floor spacewill be around 10'X20' with, I'm guessing, 9' ceilings.

Here are some info sheets of the materials I will be using.


Duratec Sunshield

http://cdn.fibreglast.com/downloads/00457-A.pdf

http://cdn.fibreglast.com/downloads/SunShield_MSDS.pdf


Aeropoxy Epoxy

http://www.ptm-w.com/dynamicdata/data/docs/aeropoxy%20pr2032%20bulletin.pdf

http://www.ptm-w.com/MSDSDocuments/Aeropoxy/7APPR2032.pdf

http://www.ptm-w.com/MSDSDocuments/Aeropoxy/7APPH3630.pdf


Any information is appreciated. And I would love to see whatyour workshop layouts and setups are!

Thanks!

By Matt Stevs - 11/12/2014 4:47:55 AM

Thanks for the info! I think I will find an alternative to the polyester for now.

Thanks!