i want to hotcoat my board today, but i just want to be sure on the approx amount of resin/styrene/catalyst i need. it’s a 5’10 single fin. 15.5 nose, 21.5 middle, 13.5 tail, 3 thick. sun just came out, patchy clouds, about 65 degrees and probably 60% humidity? (doing this in the backyard). so i was wondering about how much resin i should use, how much styrene hardener i should mix in, and about how much catalyst. THANKS!
oh yeah… im in newport beach, california if that helps
i just put on the hot coat and in came out good. but is there some ratio of resin to hardener that i can use to approximate how much i need? like a quart of resin to an ounce of hardener or something?
i just put on the hot coat and in came out good. but is there some ratio > of resin to hardener that i can use to approximate how much i need? like a > quart of resin to an ounce of hardener or something?..@ 70-80 degrees 1 quart of resin/11cc of cat. Using hotcoat resin (especially if you put a extra amount of surfacing agent in your batch)I would go with 15cc/qt…@ 65 degrees +outdoors 60% humidity with 16oz/pint(should be plenty) of sanding resin, I would go with probably 9 or 10cc cat…THIS SHOULD BUY YOU ABOUT 15-20MIN. BEFORE GELL TIME.Herb.
thanks… but one more thing. i dont buy sanding resin, i just get laminating resin and mix in some liquid wax hardener stuff to make it sanding resin. is there some kind of ratio for that stuff as well?
thanks… but one more thing. i dont buy sanding resin, i just get > laminating resin and mix in some liquid wax hardener stuff to make it > sanding resin. is there some kind of ratio for that stuff as well? i was about to ask that same question but you obvuisly did it for me. thanks bro. later
I tape this to my shop wall. For sanding resin to gloss resin, I add this range of stuff to lam resin: MEKP Min , 0.3% , 2 drops / oz , 0.09 oz /qt Max , 0.9% , 6 drops / oz , 0.27 oz /qt Air Dry (Wax) Min , 2.1% , 15 drops / oz , 0.69 oz /qt Max , 3.6% , 25 drops / oz , 1.14 oz /qt Styrene Min , 5.0% , 35 drops / oz , 1.60 oz /qt Max , 10.0% , 70 drops / oz , 3.20 oz /qt Full eye dropper squeeze=25 drops. 1 oz = 700 drops. I interpolate for temperature, thickness and cure times.
I mix 1.5 ounces of sanding or glossing resin per side, per foot of board. Similarly, I mix 1.5 ounces of lam resin per side, per glass layer, per foot of board. Example 3 layers of deck glass times 9 feet of board times 1.5 oz of resin = 40.5 ounces of resin. Good luck.