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While posting up those other answers, I kind of figured this would be a good spot to post another little trick I use. If you've never fiberglass before this probably will save you alot of time/effort/money.
I fiberglass using a brush, but not one, but THREE brushes (and a 4th on reserve). They do not have to be expensive brushes either. I use the cheap $1.00 2" brushes available at any walmart, lowes, hardware store etc.
Here's the deal of how this works:
Brush #1
Brush #2
Brush #3
Dish of Acetone #A
Dish of Acetone #B
5-6 mixing dishes for mixing resin
paper towels
Round 1:
Brush #1, one new/clean dish, Dish A & B are empty. When finished rinse #1 in A, place dish aside to dry
Round 2:
Brush #2, one new/clean dish, Dish A has #1, Dish B empty. When finish place brush #2 in Dish A, rinse out brush #1 dry on paper towel, place in Dish B, place dish aside to dry
Round 3:
Brush #3, one new clean dish, Dish A has #2, Dish B has #1. When finished place Brush #3 in Dish A, Rinse and dry #2 on a paper towel then place in Dish B, Remove Brush #1 and dry off. place dish aside to dry
Round 4:
Reuse Brush #1, one new/clean dish, Dish A has #3, Dish B has #2. When finished brush one goes back in to Dish A again....repeat cycle was above.
As your mixing dishes dry, (if you need to get past 4,5, or 6 dishes) you can take a break from the fumes and release the hardened fiberglass by flexing the container.
This method works pretty good for me! Hopefully it make sense to someone else cause it probably a little confusing in words, but you're basically cycling the brushes from very dirty dish to cleaner dish and it helps to keep them clean and reusable! I have brushes that are up to a dozen rotations now. And if I were cleaning them I'd probably be up to $40 just in brushes! Of course Acetone is mildly expensive, but it still outweighs the cost of using new brushes all the time.
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