Steve I presume you have done your deck top. If you are going to use peel ply
on the underside you might also bag it which eliminates excessive resin, any
worry about bubbles outgassing and leaves a nice surface to bond too.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nichols
To: BDally6107@xxxxxxx ; swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: Peel ply applications
Thanks Bram,
I agree, I would like to use the pre wet method on the hull but would make
sure i had at least 2 and preferably 3 people around to manouvre the rollers,
cloth and resin.
I'll keep using it on jobs as large as the wings alone as it does give better
results.
Steve
BDally6107@xxxxxxx wrote:
Steve,
Thanks for the good info.
It is true that the s-glass 8 plait satin weave we use is hard to wet out
from the top. The trouble is that when resin is applied on top of the cloth it
tends to seal the weave and trap air beneath. In a perfect world we would
always wet out the part and set the cloth on the wet out surface. That way you
squeegee the resin into the cloth from the bottom and chase the air out. I
use this method on all small parts.
On large surfaces when working alone, it is often impractical to wet out
the part before applying the cloth. When you are forced to apply the resin on
top of the cloth because of time considerations, I've found that, once you have
a small wet out area,you should always dump the new resin on top of the wet out
surface and squeegee it onto the dry cloth surface with some pressure. This
process helps minimize the amount of trapped air a bit.
Thanks again for the input Steve.
Best regards,
Bram
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