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Anonymous09/28/25, 08:13No.2947474fiberglass
What's the most economical way to work with fiberglass?
Would you apply it as a coating onto some kind of bulk material like a surf board, build it as a lattice, lay it in an epoxy?
Let's talk about fiberglass
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Anon09/28/25, 08:14No.2947475
Another thing I can't work out is how much effort you'd put into mold it, vs how much effort you'd put into sanding and shaping it after its set.
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Anon09/28/25, 22:50No.2947648
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Anon09/29/25, 06:06No.2947722
All the ways are cheap as dirt. There is no most economical because you're saving 10ths of pennies. And if you fuck up the forming you sand it and if you fuck up the sanding you form more etc.There are only two considerations 1. What are you making and B how much if a fucking mess can things get?
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Anon09/29/25, 09:04No.2947749
Well for example you can buy fiberglass as sheets, in rolls, and there are any number of types of weave.
You can get fiberglass as fiber bats, or as threads.And when you set it, it's usually a two stage epoxy, but what ratio of resin to fiberglass is the most economical?And if it better to vacuum mold it, mold it under pressure, form it in the open. Do you do it layer by layer, or in one huge brick, or do you fiberglass layers then glue the layers together.I don't understand all the incel posts on 4chan these days, go back to pol Incels, some of us are building things.
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Anon10/09/25, 13:15No.2949816
I'm trying to repair an old lightweight fiberglass canoe that's got a small crack in it. Need to figure out what weight fiberglass cloth to use. I've got some random stuff that I think is like 9oz, it's far too coarse and heavy. I was thinking 4 oz, or maybe even 2 oz? Much harder to find though.
Advice?
The canoe itself is 14' long and should weigh around 35 lbs. It's nicely laid up fiberglass cloth, not chopped mat.