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fulltimin
May 04, 2022Nomad
At this point, I am not sure if I want to be depressed, happy, or just plain miffed.
It dawned on me that I had not tested Fiberglass Resin with the Fiberglass cloth for strength.
So, I did just that. Based on the preceding pic, I made sure the Fiberglass Resin over fiberglass cloth was the same width.
I stuck it in my test setup.
You may remember that the Epoxy tore at 455 lbs, and the Por 15 tore at a little over 400 lbs.
Here is the Fiberglass resin test.

This is a little bit blurry, but the scale is at 535 lbs.

This hasn't torn yet, but the I stopped the test because the Fiberglass resin test started to slip at this point. If you look at the earlier pic, you can see the screw holes are elongated, because during the test the resin/cloth started to slip.
So, I am not sure if I want to be impressed, depressed, or thrilled?
So far, looks like the Bondo Fiberglass resin over Fiberglass cloth is a winner.
It dawned on me that I had not tested Fiberglass Resin with the Fiberglass cloth for strength.
So, I did just that. Based on the preceding pic, I made sure the Fiberglass Resin over fiberglass cloth was the same width.
I stuck it in my test setup.
You may remember that the Epoxy tore at 455 lbs, and the Por 15 tore at a little over 400 lbs.
Here is the Fiberglass resin test.

This is a little bit blurry, but the scale is at 535 lbs.

This hasn't torn yet, but the I stopped the test because the Fiberglass resin test started to slip at this point. If you look at the earlier pic, you can see the screw holes are elongated, because during the test the resin/cloth started to slip.
So, I am not sure if I want to be impressed, depressed, or thrilled?
So far, looks like the Bondo Fiberglass resin over Fiberglass cloth is a winner.
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