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Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz.
By:Rehd
Date: 12/22/2002, 4:19 am
In Response To: Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz. (grant)

: I squeegied on all of the resin so it was very

: Rehd: I'm not really clear on what your quantities above indicate
: . Do you mean that you mixed batches of 16 oz at a time for wet out and
: 4-5 oz at a time for the second coat before the resin was to viscous to
: work with?

: grant

Sorry Grant, I was kinda rambling.. I was just trying to show that it took very little resin to wet out and even less to fill the weave completely. The glass ( 3.25oz.) took very little resin and cleared up very well. Also, that using a squeegie I was able to keep the coats thin, wiping off all excess.

What Mike said....... :)

If you want to add some extra glass outside the hull, double up on the 3.25oz. and you will be resin ahead and have a bit more material than either the 5oz. or 6oz.! And it is said that if you bias the layers in opposite directions, you will gain much strength over one direction of cloth.

Hope that clears up what I was trying to say. ??

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

Material: Raka Glass
grant -- 12/21/2002, 2:19 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Don Lucas -- 12/23/2002, 6:24 pm
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Bill Price -- 12/22/2002, 11:06 am
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Jay Babina -- 12/22/2002, 8:49 am
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Mike Hanks -- 12/22/2002, 2:13 am
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz.
Rehd -- 12/21/2002, 9:28 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz.
grant -- 12/21/2002, 11:34 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz.
Rehd -- 12/22/2002, 4:19 am
Raka Glass 3.25oz. + System 3 LPU for Cirrus
grant -- 12/22/2002, 11:44 am
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Jim Kozel -- 12/22/2002, 6:53 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz. + System 3 LPU for Cirrus
Rehd -- 12/22/2002, 5:37 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz. + System 3 LPU for Cirrus
grant -- 12/22/2002, 6:09 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
mike loriz -- 12/21/2002, 6:01 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
grant -- 12/21/2002, 6:29 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Mike Loriz -- 12/24/2002, 1:49 pm
Re: Weight and type of Kayak?
Don Lucas -- 12/24/2002, 3:42 pm
Re: Weight and type of Kayak?
mike loriz -- 12/30/2002, 5:00 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Scott -- 12/21/2002, 5:46 pm
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Steve Frederick -- 12/21/2002, 2:55 pm