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Off Topic: Fiberglass batting?
By:Jim Pace
Date: 12/20/2001, 5:18 pm

This board was a wealth of information for me when i was building my kayak, now I'm hoping the resident fiberglass/resin experts can help me with a slighty OT project. I want to make a fiberglass mold of an original sculpture I've carved out of foam. My plan is to seal the prototype, coat it with a mold release and then use polyester (cheaper than epoxy) resin impregnated fiberglass to build up the mold shell. My question is if I could use unfaced fiberglass insulation (maybe 2" thick), satured with resin, to build up the shell quickly and cheaply? Or do you think i should stick with multiple layers of good old 6 oz. cloth?

Thanks,
Jim

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Off Topic: Fiberglass batting?
Jim Pace -- 12/20/2001, 5:18 pm
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John Monfoe -- 12/22/2001, 5:14 am
RTV mold materials *Pic*
Pete Rudie -- 12/21/2001, 10:39 am
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mike allen ---> -- 12/20/2001, 6:44 pm
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Jim Pace -- 12/21/2001, 7:57 am
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mike allen ---> -- 12/21/2001, 8:00 pm
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LeeG -- 12/20/2001, 6:06 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/20/2001, 6:02 pm