Fibreglass question

[Ken]

Hi
I made the fibreglass windshield retainer yesterday and it went well.
However the inside surface that was up against the windshield remains
very tacky. This is a new problem for me and I'm wondering if there is
any way to encourage that to harden. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. The outside surface that was exposed to air is OK. It is
warm here and very high humidity but there was obviously sufficient wax
in the 1 year old polyester resin to protect the outer surface from
moisture and let it harden.
thanks
Ken




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[Mike Davis]

I've found that often warming epoxies and resins that are slow to cure
helps. Use a normal hair dryer... a heat gun is usually to hot.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken" <klehman@albedo.net>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:28 AM
Subject: Fibreglass question

Hi
I made the fibreglass windshield retainer yesterday and it went well.
However the inside surface that was up against the windshield remains
very tacky. This is a new problem for me and I'm wondering if there is
any way to encourage that to harden. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. The outside surface that was exposed to air is OK. It is
warm here and very high humidity but there was obviously sufficient wax
in the 1 year old polyester resin to protect the outer surface from
moisture and let it harden.
thanks
Ken

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[Ken]

Thanks Mike. After thinking about it for awhile, I reasoned that since
that surface was acting like laminating resin, I'd treat it that way. So
I painted a coat of resin on it and warmed it up. All is well now. I
don't know why it did that but I suspect the very high humidity around
here these days caused the problem.
Ken

Mike Davis wrote:

I've found that often warming epoxies and resins that are slow to cure
helps. Use a normal hair dryer... a heat gun is usually to hot.

Mike

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[steve whitenect]

Ken
If u used masking tape, some resins draw the glue out of the tape and stays
tacky on the side that contacted the tape. Varsol or mineral spirits usually
cleans up the stuff.

Steve W

From: Ken <klehman@albedo.net>
Reply-To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: Fibreglass question
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:19:22 -0400

Thanks Mike. After thinking about it for awhile, I reasoned that since
that surface was acting like laminating resin, I'd treat it that way. So
I painted a coat of resin on it and warmed it up. All is well now. I
don't know why it did that but I suspect the very high humidity around
here these days caused the problem.
Ken

Mike Davis wrote:

I've found that often warming epoxies and resins that are slow to cure
helps. Use a normal hair dryer... a heat gun is usually to hot.

Mike

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[Wayne G. O'Shea]

Take some of the MEK (or what ever) activator came with the glass, squirt it
on a brush and rub it up and down the sticky stuff a few times. Seems to
work for me when in this mess.

Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken" <klehman@albedo.net>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: Fibreglass question

Hi
I made the fibreglass windshield retainer yesterday and it went well.
However the inside surface that was up against the windshield remains
very tacky. This is a new problem for me and I'm wondering if there is
any way to encourage that to harden. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. The outside surface that was exposed to air is OK. It is
warm here and very high humidity but there was obviously sufficient wax
in the 1 year old polyester resin to protect the outer surface from
moisture and let it harden.
thanks
Ken




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