fiberglass cloth

[timecon]

ok today is my day off and I'm resining and fiberglassing 2 helments both fs peps his newest one and the one before that. Now Im fairly new at fiberglassing so I went off and bought the cloth instead of the mat because I didnt know the difference till now. So that leaves me with a whole lot of cloth that I just dont want to throw away. now Im sure all you that have used cloth know that it is mesy, strings all over the place and it sticks to your cloves when trying to put it on blah you get my point. well I did something today that really helped and came out excellent I dont know if anyone else has tried this so I hope Im not repeating someone else.

1. get your first layer of resin in the inside of your helm.
2. let it dry almost completely
3. take your cloth and cut it with a razer knife less mess than sissors
4. take your hot glue gun put spots of glue where your piece is going
5. put the piece in and you dont have use glove since resin is dry
6. and repeat for all your peices the cloth goes in smooth and is ready for resin
7. mix your resin remember 7 drops of hardener per table spoon of resin
8. take your brush ( a big one ) and dab is on dont brush it on till it starts to get harder
9. once all the coth is covered take a smaller brush and push down all the little stuff that is poking out and that way when it hardens there is less stuff to sand off and when its dry its almost pefect.

hope this helps

 

[smilie120]

Aaaah, never would have though about using a gle gun...INGENIOUS!

 

[AoBfrost]

I just let the resin dry for the first inside coat. It doesnt matter if it is wet or dry, as long as the top layer seeps in, soaks the fiberglass, and makes contact with the first layer, you're good to go.


WEAR GLOVES ALSO! Fiberglassing is MESSY! Make sure you wear cheap disposable gloves.

 

[Sean Bradley]

Hit it with some super 70 spray adhesive instead of the hot glue, and I think you got winner there.

 

[timecon]

I just let the resin dry for the first inside coat. It doesnt matter if it is wet or dry, as long as the top layer seeps in, soaks the fiberglass, and makes contact with the first layer, you're good to go.
WEAR GLOVES ALSO! Fiberglassing is MESSY! Make sure you wear cheap disposable gloves.

the whole point was to avoid the MESSY! which worked great

 

[timecon]

Hit it with some super 70 spray adhesive instead of the hot glue, and I think you got winner there.

good Idea a spray would work better but I only had hot glue at the time, can you get that super 70 spray at any hardware/Walmart store?

 

[Sean Bradley]

good Idea a spray would work better but I only had hot glue at the time, can you get that super 70 spray at any hardware/Walmart store?

Yes

 

[silvercookie]

does the super spray (aerosol i guess?) work good with cardboard?

 

[Sean Bradley]

Yes

 

[silvercookie]

ok

please read the mass effect thread and put your comment on my post

/hijacking

 

[AoBfrost]

Hot glue would clog the pores of the fiberglass cloth and keep resin from seeping down on some areas, srpay adhesive just lightly covers the surface of the cloth and sticks it to the helmet/armor inside.

 

[bevbor]

Hey, I'm lost, what are you guys call as "cloth" and what as "mat".

Is this mat?

And is this cloth?

Thanks

 

[AoBfrost]

Yep, mat is just fiberglass strands rolled into a thin sheet, while cloth is woven strands. Both can be used, but most prefer the cloth.