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> so take these ideas with at least a few grains of salt. > expertise - I read about them but I don't actually work on such a scale, Building boats that big is really beyond my field of > a wet edge before the first batch sets up. > whip up a fresh batch in a few minutes and keep going - working out from That would cover a pretty good area! And, you could > bulk feed attachment would let you do batches of up to 8 quarts ( two You could spray on the resin to saturate the Hand layups of heavier glass cloth (say 20 ounce cloth or I'm not too impressed with the ability to put on a layer equal to 1

> spray on a coating of glass fibers, then you cover it with a coat of These seem to spray either glass, or resin. > Years ago I saw tools that mixed resin, catalyst, and glass strands and > spend less time mixing and wasting resin, and cleans up easily with > smaller batches or using more expensive equipment. > to spray larger projects in a fast, easy manner instead of mixing several > resin or gel coat to be mixed and sprayed at one time. The large bucket allows up to 8 quarts of

> provided easily attaches to either our #120-A Gel Coat Cup Gun or our > replaces the one-quart cup when spraying larger projects. > Cup Gun Gravity Feed Attachment An easy-to-use attachment, this assembly An excellent gun when numerous color changes > controls for gel coat and catalyst can be adjusted to desired material > matter which nozzle or viscosity of material is sprayed.

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> angular adjustment to set the spray patterns for full catalyzation, no > side of the gun for a wide variety of catalyzation rates. There are seven different nozzles for the catalyst > gun uses the same paper or plastic cups and the same nine different > means less wasted material because there is no need to pre-catalyze. > and molds, but with external mix for the catalyst. > Also an inexpensive gel coat gun for spraying small to medium size parts > Catalyst Mixes While You Spray External Mix Cup Gun > a 3/16' ID nozzle, but others are available (see below). > merely remove the cup form the gun, and just clean the lid and nozzle. > coat and provides a uniform, high velocity spray pattern. > level position, depress the trigger and the air stream picks up the gel > pressed on, and the cup is then placed on the gun. > mixed in the disposable paper cups, the lid and nozzle assembly are > avoids the pitfalls of a regular spray gun. > Avoids the high cost of catalyst injector systems and at the same time > An inexpensive gel coat gun for spraying small to medium size molds. Use a saturation roller to remove trapped air. > Ideally suited to quick mold or part build-up once the first layer or two > layer of 1 oz mat onto a vertical surface without fall-off before wet-out. This gun will deposit the equivalent of one The length of the fibers can be varied from Resin is then applied by brush, roller or The gun then chops the roving into short pieces and > A hand held, variable speed air powered chopper gun for coating molds or > these descriptions of chopper and 'cup' guns.

> Copied from the Fibreglast ( yes, they DO spell it that way!) website are > break down in mid-project could be a bummer. > hundred dollars in a multi thousand dollar project, but having a used one > price you might want to start with new tools. > on many fiberglass construction techniques. > Fibreglast (sells NEW chopper guns and has the > popular in Australia than in New England, so you may want to look for > impression that building sailboat hulls from ferro-concrete was much more > book on the subject and know that there must be several others.

> wired together, and plastered with concrete. > and costly) as the iron framework is easily and quickly bent to shape, There would be no form 'cutting' or mold making (time consuming > of that size concrete could be a real advantage in both construction time Have you considered using ferro-concrete instead of fiberglass? For a hull

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