The use of peel ply is the next closest thing to bagging down a laminate !!(about this time Cat builder will be re adjusting his glasses and reaching for another beer!! )
All the work we do we use peel ply ! like everything bar nothing reguardless of size or shpe !!
peel ply takes a little getting used to and theres a lot of seemingly impossible places that you need to use it but just get on with it and make it fit .
Peel ply can be your friend if you let it be !! It will tell you if you have enough resin on you panel and if you have to much it will let it through to the top and when you rip it off will take the surplus so you are left with glass that got the correct amount in it !!
Peel ply will give you a really professional laminate ! it helps to hold down and semi compress the layers of glass !! smooths edges and when rolled out you can see instantly what the surface is like , also is easyer to see bubbles through because the surface is smooth ! Remember peel ply can stay in the job for months if need be !! When working inside a hull its a good way to make sure the bilges will be clean when the time comes to paint there ! Just peel ,hand scuff and paint! that simple !! All the dirt ,grot ,drips ,dribbles and foot prints are gone and you have a virgin 100% clean surface that has no pollutants of any discription on it just a bare glass and resin surface !!
Can save hours and hours of un-nessasary grinding or sanding and hours of the itchs !!
For glassing in Bulkheads and the like its heaven as the glass can be sculptured and feathered out onto the hull and the bulkhead . Doing repairs where you have ground a hollow its possible to see if there enought glass to bring the repair to the same level as was before so vertually no filling with bog is required .
There are a million uses for peel ply! be friends with it ,it is there to help you !!!.
Remember peel ply will only leave you with the right amount of resin to wet the glass 100% thats all ,If you have done everything correctly !!!
by now cat builder will be looking for that another 6 pack !!
I been using peelply and showing other the merits of peel ply for the past 10 years or more and laid square kilometers of it !! One job making double sided panels we used 3 rolls a day in the 1.5 mtr width rolls plus other smaller width rolls as well ,200mm , 150mm , 100mm , and even 50mm rolls to use in corners of 10 metre long carbon and glass girders in the 4 internal corners .
If you are exsperiancing problems its not the material thats the problem its you !!
Know and understand the materials you are working with it help !!
All the work we do we use peel ply ! like everything bar nothing reguardless of size or shpe !!
peel ply takes a little getting used to and theres a lot of seemingly impossible places that you need to use it but just get on with it and make it fit .
Peel ply can be your friend if you let it be !! It will tell you if you have enough resin on you panel and if you have to much it will let it through to the top and when you rip it off will take the surplus so you are left with glass that got the correct amount in it !!
Peel ply will give you a really professional laminate ! it helps to hold down and semi compress the layers of glass !! smooths edges and when rolled out you can see instantly what the surface is like , also is easyer to see bubbles through because the surface is smooth ! Remember peel ply can stay in the job for months if need be !! When working inside a hull its a good way to make sure the bilges will be clean when the time comes to paint there ! Just peel ,hand scuff and paint! that simple !! All the dirt ,grot ,drips ,dribbles and foot prints are gone and you have a virgin 100% clean surface that has no pollutants of any discription on it just a bare glass and resin surface !!
Can save hours and hours of un-nessasary grinding or sanding and hours of the itchs !!
For glassing in Bulkheads and the like its heaven as the glass can be sculptured and feathered out onto the hull and the bulkhead . Doing repairs where you have ground a hollow its possible to see if there enought glass to bring the repair to the same level as was before so vertually no filling with bog is required .
There are a million uses for peel ply! be friends with it ,it is there to help you !!!.
Remember peel ply will only leave you with the right amount of resin to wet the glass 100% thats all ,If you have done everything correctly !!!
by now cat builder will be looking for that another 6 pack !!
I been using peelply and showing other the merits of peel ply for the past 10 years or more and laid square kilometers of it !! One job making double sided panels we used 3 rolls a day in the 1.5 mtr width rolls plus other smaller width rolls as well ,200mm , 150mm , 100mm , and even 50mm rolls to use in corners of 10 metre long carbon and glass girders in the 4 internal corners .
If you are exsperiancing problems its not the material thats the problem its you !!
Know and understand the materials you are working with it help !!
