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Re: [T3] Composites and door panels?


<x-charset iso-8859-1>In addition to what John said earlier, I'll add this.
If you plan well enough ahead to know where you will
be adding another section to the first. Add another 
piece of glass to the first while wet, so that the 
other end will mate into the add-on pieces. You end
up with a single piece of glass in both sections, 
making it much stronger. But it does take more 
pre-planning. Since the first section will be made
flat, suspend the transition glass from rafters
with clothes pins to keep it out of the resin.

Hit the thrift stores for plastic containers to use
as mold patterns. Lay the glass right over the 
container, and glass it in if need be, or cut and
peel the plastic out later. If you do it on the
back side, you can leave it in, providing additional
strength too.

Make a transfer pattern for the holes in the door
frame from cardboard or something stiff, and drill
out the glass door panel from that pattern to assure
the holes are aligned perfectly.

Do yourself a favor, and wear a proper respirator,
or work outdoors with a slight breeze, blowing away
from your face. If you can smell it, it's harming you.

Jeff - a kayaker from the old days of fiberglass boats,
none of that tupperware stuff for me, no sir!

-----Original Message-----
>Questions: Is there special prep for attaching more 'glass to an
>existing dried piece of material. IE: I make 1 flat piece and let it
>dry/cure then later want to add another layer to it.

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