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  1. ondarvr replied to the thread Need ideas for lamination panel.

    As mentioned, the glass itself works very well, many shops use them. Melamine works great too, both are easy to get, easy to work with,...

    Apr 26, 2024 at 1:47 PM
  2. ondarvr liked AndrewK's post in the thread Need ideas for lamination panel.

    When I first started experimenting with resin infusion I wanted to see what was happening on the underside so I got a 1.9 x 0.9 m...

    Apr 26, 2024 at 1:45 PM
  3. ondarvr replied to the thread How to make a hull in epoxy and fiberglass only from a mold — no vacuum.

    No, water will reach the resin (laminate) eventually whether it's cracked or not, it makes little difference. The thing that makes the...

    Apr 26, 2024 at 7:39 AM
  4. ondarvr replied to the thread How to make a hull in epoxy and fiberglass only from a mold — no vacuum.

    You have your resin basics a bit off. You said epoxy is a rather generic term because there are so many formulas. It's exactly the...

    Apr 26, 2024 at 7:31 AM
  5. ondarvr replied to the thread Using bondo to modify female mold chine angle?.

    To be blunt....automotive body filler is a terrible product for tooling applications. Every physical aspect of it is substandard...

    Apr 22, 2024 at 6:57 PM
  6. ondarvr replied to the thread Recycling of materials from composite boats?.

    Anything that requires grinding, cutting, etc, will be creating huge amounts of micro plastics that will be impossible to completely to...

    Apr 22, 2024 at 11:32 AM
  7. ondarvr liked mitchgrunes's post in the thread Recycling of materials from composite boats?.

    All you need is a very cheap, clean and abundant energy source. Given that, you can separate everything back to the raw elements. and...

    Apr 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
  8. ondarvr replied to the thread Recycling of materials from composite boats?.

    And now they need to figure out what to do with the many thousands of gallons of toxic waste generated by dissolving the epoxy.

    Apr 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM