cracker39 wrote:I had a large Word document at one time about boat building. It had instructions on how to make your own fiberglass panels using resin and 3 layers of glass cloth. All I can remember is using masonite as the platform, coating it with gel coat, then laying down 3 layers of cloth and resin. Once cured, it is peeled off the gel coated masonite and is supposed to have a shooth finish on the underside. I will try to find the document and read it again. I see no reason why several pieces of masonite couldn't be put on a frame of 2x4s to make up a larger area then 4'x8'. The joined edges could be first beveled, then filled with bondo and sanded smooth to make one large seamless surface. You would be limted in size only by the area in which you have to build the frame for the masonite.
cracker39 wrote:All I can remember is using masonite as the platform, coating it with gel coat, then laying down 3 layers of cloth and resin.
...at a cost of less than 20 bucks(for 90 sheets) it should retail at a rate cheaper than aluminum...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It looks to me to be $19.00 each and 90 sheets would be $1710.00 total. Or am I lookin' at it wrong.
Dooner wrote:...at a cost of less than 20 bucks(for 90 sheets) it should retail at a rate cheaper than aluminum...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It looks to me to be $19.00 each and 90 sheets would be $1710.00 total. Or am I lookin' at it wrong.
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