fiberglass cloth

General Discussion
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I am a newbie shaper and was wondering if fiberglass cloth gets clear when resin is put on it because the resin that i got from foamez.com is not. please help

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yes. and if you look a little bit harder you will find better glass at a far cheaper price.

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your lam resin should have a greenish hue to it…it will harden clear.

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I was wondering what make a glass good or not good. Can you recommend any places (preferably in So Cal) that has good glass at good prices? I was thinking of buying a roll.

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Dan,

Try crystaliner in costa mesa… http://www.crystaliner.com/fiberglass-products-page.html

S cloth 6oz. 30" wide - $3.65/yard ($0.20 cheaper than foamez)

S cloth 6oz. 38" wide - $4.25/yard

Haven’t tried them but maybe next board.

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i have found that bgf aerialite glass is really good and the least expensive on the market. there was a post a while back about the quality of glass.

you might want to ask your local supplier if they have short roles of glass often times you can get it at drastic discounts. i got 42 yards at $2.43 a yard

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Sweet. I’ll give 'em a holla…

http://www.bgf.com/contactLocatorUS.asp#westcoast

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In Santa Barbara, there’s Fiberglass Hawaii right over by state street.

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Want to buy a roll too. The problem is I live in Mexico. E-glass here is pretty expensive, about 60 dlls per board (that’s the reason I’m using choped strand mat). About a month ago I found an U.S. online store where you could buy a 125 yards roll of aerialite for about 180 dlls, but lost their e-mail…

Does anybody knows where can I find rolls of e-glass at good prices, in the south-Texas area? Also, if they ship to Mexico that would be great.

thanks

Jack

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I found an U.S. online store where you could buy a 125 yards roll of aerialite for about 180 dlls, but lost their e-mail…

what??..FIND THAT LINK!!! i wish i could buy glass for $1.44 / yard

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You need to start hunting for that link! The will be so bombarded by orders they won’t know what to do.

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Greg Loehr turned me on to Graphite Master 323-268-6701 in LA.

I got my roll of 30"x6oz warp for $1.83/yd on a 125 yd roll.

They deliver.

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Graphite Master - http://www.graphitemaster.net Hank Johns

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Is this what you were thinking of?

http://www.thayercraft.com

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Yes, after all I found their mail, it was lost in a cd backup I made about 2 months ago. They said “we’ll contact you as soon as we get info about shipping to Mexico”. not yet…

Does anybody knows anything about them? seem to manage a great variety of FG, and their prices look quite good.

Jack