AllDodge

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What is the proper technic to wet 1708 on a vertical surface (transom). Wiped everything down with acetone. We used VE resin and some caposil to thicken just a little. Applied resin the the wood as tick as I could get it to stay. Applied the 1708 and kept applying resin and used a bubble roller. Kept working it and there were areas that did not go clear. What did we do right/wrong?

glassdave

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for vertical surfaces (or any really) i use these four inch standard smooth surface small diameter paint rollers. Wet the transom surface liberally then set the dry laminate in place smoothing it out with the dry roller to get it up and stuck on a bit then simply use the roller to wet out the fabric. A lot of guys try doing this with brushes and stuff but its a messy inefficient way of getting resin to the surface. These four inch rollers work so well i rarely need to use a the round fiberglass rollers or even brushes for the most part. The short nap paint rollers allow you to balance the resin across the face and if i feel the need to balance further i can pull out excess resin with a yellow bondo spreader acting as a squeegee. You can really work the surface with these things. I buy them by the case they work really well if you bagging something as well, rapid clean wet out so you can get a bag on and drawn down in short order. .

AllDodge

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Thanks Dave, we have the same rollers but did not use them for this. We used the four inch aluminum bubble roller and brush.

Do you have any idea as to what might have caused our issue, was it using caposil in the resin or not enough resin behind the mat before we put it on? I thought the resin would be able to go thru the mat?

Pokher Ace

Not enough resin, and it does not need to be thickened for laminate

AllDodge

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Thanks, sure wish I knew that before I did the layer. Started grinding again and have most of it off, what a mess. again


Will unthickened resin pass through the mat, and are their any tricks to get thin resin to stay on the transom long enough to get the laminate?

The plan is to put at least 2 if not 3 layers of laminate on without exceeding 2 1/4 inch total thickness

northernoffshore

try wetting out the pieces before you put them on the transom

AllDodge

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Thanks to all,

glassdave

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that piece may be to big for a first timer to wet out prior to hanging, when they start to soften the edges can get very tough to pin down. No need for cabosil in the resin, its ok to use it you just dont want to much and its only necessary when hanging laminates upside down like inside the cabin fixing core or something. You should be able to wet that out no prob with the small paint rollers, like i said i hardly use brushes for anything and rarely use an aluminum roller on transom jobs. you should be able to balance pretty well with just the paint roller. For what your doing it isnt necessary to go much further (technically speaking) then a simple old school wet out.

AllDodge

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Thanks Dave, will be trying again tomorrow and try to lay 3 layers tomorrow.

Lay first layer and wait for it to get tacky, then lay next layer, same and again for third

phragle

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Get a fan going... doing mult layers in the bilge will get pretty fumey. Also make sure you give it enough time between layers if you dont let it tack up pretty good you can find yourself working with a mushy mess. Its one of those things thats hard to explain exactly, but you get a feel for it pretty quick