...interesting ...
thanks , lawless !
thanks jrandy for letting me know
as soon as the computer is out of action , is when people contact me ...murphy's law eh ?
not sure if that was only 9 layers of cloth that were laminated in that film clip ?
I only use a brush on the glass pane , to coat it , and the first one or two layers of cloth .
Then , I use a roller , like the guy did at the end of the clip .
I lay down four or five layers of cloth at a time , using the roller
for fcs tabbed fins that I make , I usually lay down at least 7 lots of five layers of cloth [ie: 35 layers of 4 or 6oz cloth] . I probably prefer having them "too thick" , than "too thin " , because I can grind away excess.
having said that , I HAVE once or twice layed up panels as thin as 20 layers , and built up the tabs [a bit tedious , but I just wanted to try a thinner , 'lesser foiled' fin ...I think from memory that they were the fairly ugly first fins I posted at the beginning of the 'my fin tinkerings' thread , which I ended up reshaping and thickening ...so there ya go eh ?
re: air bubbles ...the clip mentioned something about spreading the resin outwards , from memory ? Yes , bubbles have sometimes been a problem for me , too . No matter how slowly and carefully I thought I have layed up the panel , the little rascals sometimes make an appearance ?!
....? Perhaps it is possible to 'overwork' the resin ?
I'm not sure .
But , I guess as long as there are not DRY spots or delams in the fin panel , at least the panel is thoroughly wet out, though ...
By the way , this is only my experiences ,.... I am only one fin tinkerer on sways
It would be interesting to read what the pro finmakers [ halcyon , blakestah , probox larry , robin mair , and lokbox jimmi's ] , and any other finmakers here , experiences are , on these matters .....
stay tubed / tuned !
ben