fiberglassing
 

hi im looking into fiberglassing my plane and want to know what weight i should use and i saw someone use CA to laminate it any ideas thanks

fiberglassing
 

What plane is it?

I glassed my Pica Duellist and used 2 oz for the wing center section and .50 oz for wing and fuse. It was my first time finishing with glass. It was more work than I anticipated but once finished will look great.

fiberglassing
 

hi its a sig kougar and waht did you use to laminate the fiberglass CA/epoxy/resin??

fiberglassing
 

I used finishing resin (epoxy) it's real thin and goes on great.

Here's a web site with some great info on how it's done. This helped me. I didn't go as far as the "bondo" material he used in Step 19, my finish seemed to turn out OK without having to go that far.

http://www.arts-hobby.com/fiberglassing.htm

fiberglassing
 

hey thanks for your help what plane is that in the pic it looks great thanks


james

fiberglassing
 

Tim:

The Duellist looks good, you're getting there.

Post your flight reports and pictures over in "Twins," please.

I'll look forward to seeing it.

Bill.

PS: This is one of the prettiest Duellists I've seen, built by Jim Greenwood. wr.

fiberglassing
 

thanks for all the help i waslooking at a website and he did all his with thin CA do you konw if that will work and were do you get the resin and whats the best to use thanks


james

fiberglassing
 

downed corsair:

One of the best is "West System" brand for glassing your plane. Many hardware and building supply storex carry it. Or If you go mail order, www.cstsales.com is the place.

And your LHS will probably have good resins for this as well.

Thin CA will work to attach the glass, but it's expensive to go that way.

A lot of people like to use water based polyurethanes. I haven't tried it.

Bill.

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We have a guy in our club that swears by the West System.

They have a real good setup with measured pumps and all. The initial investment for all of it is a bit more than what you would pay for the Z-poxy or Bob Smith Finish-Cure but all that I have talked to that use it really like it.

It is available locally here in San Antonio at a marine accessories store if you are having trouble finding it check a place like that in your area.

If all else fails the hobby shop variety finishing resins seem to do the trick.

As far as the CA method I've never heard of it. I think you would still have to use some type of resin to fill in the weave. I personnally wouldnt try it but if it's going to work for you that's what matters.

Good luck!

fiberglassing
 

If you get that plane heavy, it will be a real dog. Use half ounce cloth and 30 minute epoxy thinned with alcohol. For fill, use red devil spackle compound, the really light stuff, thinned with water so you can paint it on. That works well.