With spray adhesive, the resin didn't get under the cloth for me as well. It probably seals is up so resin can't get under it easily. I just did it by soaking the cloth on resin and then putting it on. It gets pretty messy, but it did as well with spray adhesive. For it coming loose, the resin probably desolves the adhesive. Are you using epox or polyester? For the bubbles, you can either ignore then and just be careful not to sand into them, or you can fill them with resin, for example by filling a syringe with resin, poking a hole into the bubble and then filling it.
I wouldn't suggest dipping cloth in resin if this is the route you are going. Also I can say.. no matter what method you choose, fiberglass is gonna get messy and suck. that being said. I bought about 10-12 $1-2 disposable paint brushes (used for painting walls and stuff) and would hold down the piece with one hand, slather on some resin and put in the helmet. Please also, but a 50 pack or more of nitrile gloves if you do this because the gloves become unbearably sticky. If you can do the dip method, more power to you. I've heard it's a good way to do it but might need more than one person.I am using Bondo branded polyester resin. I think I will try the messy way next and see how it goes. I found the spray adhesive was messy but controllably messy. WIth dipping the cloth in resin, did you find it difficult to control dripping from resin to helmet?
Do you mean that I would need one person to hold the helmet in place while I dip and stick? What if I painted a small amount of resin inside the helmet, then stuck the pieces of fiberglass to the resin? Like, basically, replace the spray adhesive with resin, but work in a smaller area at a time. Then, after it dried, I could go back over it with resin and it would have the same effect as soaking the strips in resin maybe?I wouldn't suggest dipping cloth in resin if this is the route you are going. Also I can say.. no matter what method you choose, fiberglass is gonna get messy and suck. that being said. I bought about 10-12 $1-2 disposable paint brushes (used for painting walls and stuff) and would hold down the piece with one hand, slather on some resin and put in the helmet. Please also, but a 50 pack or more of nitrile gloves if you do this because the gloves become unbearably sticky. If you can do the dip method, more power to you. I've heard it's a good way to do it but might need more than one person.
Think of this as scaling the weapon to Spartan size. I would finish it. Considerate a practice run. Then turn it into a decoration piece. Mount it on the wall or sor something.Spent most of the week working on the pistol. It was slow going and then I realized...
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Yeah, it's enormous. I know what went wrong. I have fixed it. The upside is I learned more about how to use Armorsmith in my journey to fix this issue. That knowledge has helped me and now I have rescaled a whole bunch of everything else. Time to move forward!
I'm not sure if I am going to finish this ridiculous hand cannon or not. It might make for a funny decoration or something.
Spent most of the week working on the pistol. It was slow going and then I realized...
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Yeah, it's enormous. I know what went wrong. I have fixed it. The upside is I learned more about how to use Armorsmith in my journey to fix this issue. That knowledge has helped me and now I have rescaled a whole bunch of everything else. Time to move forward!
I'm not sure if I am going to finish this ridiculous hand cannon or not. It might make for a funny decoration or something.