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Wet Lay 'Decorative' Carbon Over Fibreglass
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green_machine
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Hi, I am planning on doing a carbon covering of the ugly fibreglass hull (inside engine bay not exterior) of a jet ski. It will be purely cosmetic with the green 'decorative' carbon sheeting. Ive calculated I will need around 2m of the carbon, and wanted to know firstly roughly how much resin I would need to mix, and secondly if it would be ok to use a coat of resin on the fibreglass first and allow it to 'tack off' to help keep the carbon in position before a thick coating of resin.
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Matthieu Libeert
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Hanaldo; I think you are making a miscalculation
if you use the full 2sqm and you count a perfect 50/50 resin/fiber ratio on a 200g/sqm you will need
400gram, of course this is a good ratio you get with infusion and so on so you will def. need more resin, would say around 600g
but like Hanaldo says you wont probably use the full 2sqm so might be less but if you buy 1kg of resin you should have enough
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Wet Lay 'Decorative' Carbon Over Fibreglass
green_machine
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11 Years Ago
Totally fine to put a coat of resin on the fibreglass and let it tack off, in fact that is the...
Hanaldo
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11 Years Ago
Hanaldo; I think you are making a miscalculation :) if you use the full 2sqm and you count a perfect...
matthieutje65
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11 Years Ago
Wasn't a miscalculation, I was just using a 60/40 fibre/resin ratio which is what I normally aim for...
Hanaldo
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11 Years Ago
[quote][b]Hanaldo (15/11/2014)[/b][hr]Wasn't a miscalculation, I was just using a 60/40 fibre/resin...
matthieutje65
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11 Years Ago
[quote][b]matthieutje65 (15/11/2014)[/b][hr][quote][b]Hanaldo (15/11/2014)[/b][hr]Wasn't a...
Hanaldo
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11 Years Ago
You describe it as "ugly fibreglass" so I assume we are talking about a B side finish you are...
wozza
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11 Years Ago
If it is a glassfibre B-side with chopped strand- then to ensure good bonding, you should sand it...
Dravis
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11 Years Ago
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