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Fiber Glassing

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Hey all you builders I am working on a special project for the woman and it requires me to do some fiber glass work. Now I have done fiber glass work before on speaker boxes, but those dont require me to have to do a smooth finish from start to finish. Now what I am doing is I have made a basic mold for the leg armor and I need to reinforce the fiberglass resin with something thin and easy to work with. What do you all use? I dont want to use actual fiber glass mat from walmart or home depot because it is to messy and thick for what I am trying to accomplish here. I am looking for thin maybe a stretchy fabric, or poster board? any ideas are apprectiated or links to a good fiber glass tutorial for intermidiate level type stuff.

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Post by judge_hellfast »

Do you have a pic of what you're working on, Dru. I'm a little confused as to what you're exactly trying to accomplish. If you were needing something like a stretchy material, would elastic work???
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Well never mind actually cause a co worker helped me out a bit and I am just going to create a "hindge" underneath the leather I am stretching so problem solved i can use any type of fiberglass material now heh
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Post by Dark One »

I would have suggested using the fiberglass tape. The kind you use for drywall. That is what I use to reinforce the inside of my armor to make it seamless. The cool thing is it's not messy like fiberglass matting.
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