sanding through glass
10-31-2012, 10:44 AM
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Any help would be appreciated. I have a situation where I built up too much glass and resin (cured now)close to the on the leading edge of a wing. The profile is critical to maintain and I need to sand down through the glass.
I know it sounds ugly but if the cloth is well saturated it should sand out right? The concern is the fraying that might occur and how to hide???
I am not as much concerned about the structure here as it will only be a small portion. Schedule in this area was 3oz+1.4oz+1.4oz+0.7oz with 0.7 at the surface. So that's about 6.5oz of glass and will probably need to go down to the 3oz base layer.
I know it sounds ugly but if the cloth is well saturated it should sand out right? The concern is the fraying that might occur and how to hide???
I am not as much concerned about the structure here as it will only be a small portion. Schedule in this area was 3oz+1.4oz+1.4oz+0.7oz with 0.7 at the surface. So that's about 6.5oz of glass and will probably need to go down to the 3oz base layer.
10-31-2012, 11:10 AM
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RE: sanding through glass
To correct the fraying cloth fibers, use a thinned out mixture of the resin or epoxy and lightly coat the area. Allow it to cure totally and then sand off the stiffened fuzz!
10-31-2012, 06:18 PM
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Any help would be appreciated. I have a situation where I built up too much glass and resin (cured now)close to the on the leading edge of a wing. The profile is critical to maintain and I need to sand down through the glass.
I know it sounds ugly but if the cloth is well saturated it should sand out right? The concern is the fraying that might occur and how to hide???
I am not as much concerned about the structure here as it will only be a small portion. Schedule in this area was 3oz+1.4oz+1.4oz+0.7oz with 0.7 at the surface. So that's about 6.5oz of glass and will probably need to go down to the 3oz base layer.
Any help would be appreciated. I have a situation where I built up too much glass and resin (cured now)close to the on the leading edge of a wing. The profile is critical to maintain and I need to sand down through the glass.
I know it sounds ugly but if the cloth is well saturated it should sand out right? The concern is the fraying that might occur and how to hide???
I am not as much concerned about the structure here as it will only be a small portion. Schedule in this area was 3oz+1.4oz+1.4oz+0.7oz with 0.7 at the surface. So that's about 6.5oz of glass and will probably need to go down to the 3oz base layer.
If you need assistance we are in the same city. I pretty much have a full on composites shop in my garage.
10-31-2012, 06:53 PM
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RE: sanding through glass
Thanks, I'am about to give it a shot here. I think it will work out okay.
Been a while since I was building and got a little rusty with my skills "glassing and bagging" and let the mylar ride a little too high on the LE.
Been a while since I was building and got a little rusty with my skills "glassing and bagging" and let the mylar ride a little too high on the LE.
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RE: sanding through glass
SBSS. Long ago, yes. Still have some projects that need wings. Big scale jobbers. I wonder if anybody in SBSS would want to buy the fuselages.
Anyways, it seems to have worked out okay. Had to be careful not to sand down too far. But with good saturation of all the glass layers it seems to have wet sanded down alright and no fraying. Little bit of touch-up and now a coating of primer.
Anyways, it seems to have worked out okay. Had to be careful not to sand down too far. But with good saturation of all the glass layers it seems to have wet sanded down alright and no fraying. Little bit of touch-up and now a coating of primer.
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RE: sanding through glass
Thanks everyone for the input. Normally you dont want to sand into the glass but interesting to know it can be done intentionally.
