Hello Swaylocks,
Although the results have turned out okay, the asthetics could improve a little. I’m just wondering how to reduce the yellowing coloration produced by the laps after hotcoating. Improving the lap adhesion has helped a bit, but the coloration still shows up after the final hotcoat.
I guess I’m asking how to get a more professional-looking product, although the product is structurally sound.
Thanks for your help,
Canuk
Hey
Sounds like a materials problem to me, rather than a builders mistake.
Is your cloth a strange color? Is your resin a strange color?
I don’t suppose you are leaving any masking tape at the cut line.
I’ve never had a lap that was colored, when I was glassing a clear board. Just transparent with weave showing in the correct angle of sunlight.
If your resin is yellow, maybe start making yellow tinted boards.
Are you blowing off the sanded/sureformed residue?
The coloration is not major…like you said, one may see it in the right light. Materials are fine, simlar s249a with e-glass. Anyways, is there some technique that is used to do laps other than 1.5 inch (approx) saturated and then lapped over with excess squeegied off? Thanks for the feed-back…
Canuk
I get that a lot too, worse with suncure. I don’t freelap anymore so it doesn’t matter much.