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Old 11-25-2012, 10:47 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bennelson View Post
....I would like to learn how to do fiberglass for automotive use. In particular, my long-range plans are for a full aero-cap for my truck....
The only reason that the pink foam was eaten into, it that you probably used POLYESTER resin to wet out the cloth. You mentioned the smell as well, and this again indicates polyester.

Now if you use EPOXY resin you will find that the pink foam it is not attached, and in fact the mixed epoxy has virtually no smell as well.

The epoxy is about three to four times more expensive, but allows you to do a very nice layout without the smell and shrinkage of polyester.

I can recommend West System Epoxy as well as U.S. Composites epoxy. Both have given very good results.

Read through my fiberglass tail extension project. All the questions you have asked above are covered there....

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ect-13533.html

Jim.

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