Quick question, I can only go at my current project in fits and bursts. Is it OK to put a cloth inlay on the foam(with resin) and leave it a few days before I laminate ?
Check the archives - do a search for “fabric inlay” - check the second hit down for a quick primer. Then read them all… You’ll potentially save yourself a headache in the long run (as well as your time) as there are probably some tips in there that you might not have thought about…
thanks, I’ve read that stuff back to front over the past year, I was just wondering was a time lag between laying the fabric and laminating an issue as it’s not mentioned
Good question… Closest I got was as shown below - trim it when the resin has gelled and you won’t pull threads, and let it sit a “while” to ensure the bond… But no definition of a “while” as it were… I wouldn’t imagine you would want it to sit there too long, or you might end up with contaminants that could muck up the adhesion between the laminated fabric and the following fiberglass layer… How long were you thinking of waiting? A day? A week? I would imagine 24 hours or so not being too much of a problem, but don’t know about days or weeks…
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Re: fabric inlay
mike d. – Wednesday, 2 January 2002, at 9:19 a.m.
Lay down tape (4") on the board. Use some decent masking tape.
Draw your pattern on the tape (someone put up a good tip on doing this with a U shaped tool, with one side longer than the other. On the short side put a blade or pencil, and run the long side around the rail, so the short side cuts or draws on your tape evenly around the board).
Pull up the tape area where the cloth will go. Lay your cloth down and laminate it like a piece of glass. I like to tape down an area on the board where I can pull the resin to so I only get it on the inlay and no where else on the board.
When the resin starts to kick, and you think you can cut the cloth without pulling any strands in it, take a flash light, turn the lights out in your glassing area, turn the flash light on and place it under the board. The light will go through the blank and you will be able to clearly see where your tape edge is (I learned this from the bruce jones site, and it works super good). Cut along the tape line, then pull up your tape.
Let the inlay sit for a while (to ensure the bond to the foam), then laminate the board like usual.
Don’t use cloth that has been treated (ie. scotch guard etc.) or has a fuzzy texture. I like to use bedsheet type cloth. My two cents. Good luck.
Burnsie- Yeah, you should have no problems at all. -Carl