SchizophrenicMC
Well-Known Member
Well, rondo is pretty strong, especially in thicker layers, but a thin layer will just split when you use it.
Personally, I hate working with fiberglass, because it bubbles up in corners, and leaves the piece screwed. So, I'm gonna put up with the weight, and use a rondo mix to start with, and fill the corners. Then, I'm gonna run a single layer of glass over it. It'll be a lot heavier, and it won't be much stronger, but it'll be a lot faster, because I don't spend forever trying to get glass to lay in a corner.
When I need a lot of strength, I lay a layer of rondo, then I use a thinner rondo with the glass cloth, giving me a really heavy but completely solid part. The backs of my ODST thighs were done this way last year. The rest of the armor, though, survived just fine with just 1 layer of fiberglass. (Except the Sean Bradley kneeguards, which I had held in by rivets through rondo-reinforced plastic (and the layers have started to separate) and knocked each other off the knee. That was my mistake)
My gauntlets were completely Rondo, and, while I didn't actually use them, on account of they were too small, they were really heavy and really really strong, plus they took less time to reinforce than any of the 3 or 4 chest plates I made. I mean, I left them on my closet floor when I put the rest of my armor in a container, and put the container on top of them, and that's like 20 pounds of armor sitting on 'em, with a slit cut down them length-wise, and they're perfectly fine. I've thrown them full-force into the ground, and the paint comes off, but they remain intact.
Thick rondo is heavy but strong. Still, wouldn't suggest it for big pieces.
Personally, I hate working with fiberglass, because it bubbles up in corners, and leaves the piece screwed. So, I'm gonna put up with the weight, and use a rondo mix to start with, and fill the corners. Then, I'm gonna run a single layer of glass over it. It'll be a lot heavier, and it won't be much stronger, but it'll be a lot faster, because I don't spend forever trying to get glass to lay in a corner.
When I need a lot of strength, I lay a layer of rondo, then I use a thinner rondo with the glass cloth, giving me a really heavy but completely solid part. The backs of my ODST thighs were done this way last year. The rest of the armor, though, survived just fine with just 1 layer of fiberglass. (Except the Sean Bradley kneeguards, which I had held in by rivets through rondo-reinforced plastic (and the layers have started to separate) and knocked each other off the knee. That was my mistake)
My gauntlets were completely Rondo, and, while I didn't actually use them, on account of they were too small, they were really heavy and really really strong, plus they took less time to reinforce than any of the 3 or 4 chest plates I made. I mean, I left them on my closet floor when I put the rest of my armor in a container, and put the container on top of them, and that's like 20 pounds of armor sitting on 'em, with a slit cut down them length-wise, and they're perfectly fine. I've thrown them full-force into the ground, and the paint comes off, but they remain intact.
Thick rondo is heavy but strong. Still, wouldn't suggest it for big pieces.