Salvaging dirty water soaked fiberglass (FU Sandy)

Well, as many did I lost my entire shaping bay to Hurricane Sandy here in Rockaway NY.  All electronics shot, Sandpaper, some chemicals, a lot of tools rusted and corroded by salt water.  to add insult to injury, a crew of volunteers (who had the best intentions but) threw out quite a few tools as they ended up on the floor. (We had a space in a shared warehouse).

But only second to the planers and grinders was the loss of an almost new 300 yard roll of 6 oz glass.  Totally soaked in salt and sewage.

 

A Long long long shot…but any ideas if I can salvage it?

Bleach? Bleach and live with the dirty look of it?

 Or like 70% of every thing else I had, toss it in the dumpster and move on …

Sorry, brother… I don’t know what to do about the glass, since it’s the finish that’s important. I don’t know what bleaching will do to it.

But save your planers and grinder. They can be salvaged. My skil was salvaged from a flood (salt water), and it’s going strong.

Oil, fine sandpaper, and fine steel wool should take care of the rust on your hand tools.  Followed by a good coat of wax and you’re good to go.

Most of the tools I found have been saved

Soaked in wd-40 then steel wooled.

 

just kills me too toss this much glass, even if  make a few dirty boards

 

Just a thought, try contacting the manufacturer (or any manufacturer for that matter) , and see what they say.  You just might get a good will gesture.

I threw a bunch of cloth and rice paper away after Sandy.  I wouldn’t risk it…perhaps if you have a friend who works with boats.  No way I would risk it on a shaped blank.

Your all right

looks like its going to end up as an art project…

Oh well

Why not try some darker pigment colors. My friend gave me some old dirty 8oz. cloth. I just did some cool dark greens and browns. Never knew it was dirty. Maybe try on a small sample first? Or a abstract color job.

I tend to figure out some way to not throw away valuable materials.

Good luck.

Barry Snyder

Do a limited edition “Sandy” line of boards and play with pigments… =)

the salt will be the issue… if it was just stained…id use it on my resin tints… I had a leak in my ceiling and  I had about 15 yards of 6 ounce in a roll in a box on the floor that got soaked and sat in water overnight. had a waterline… I used it on a few tinted boards and you could see the stain and it looked pretty cool.

maybe lay up a big black fin panel the width of the cloth?  I still don’t think I’d use it on a a blank, but if you make a bad fin panel, you’re only out the cost of the resin and some time…