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Re: Cambered deck question
By:LeeG
Date: 10/4/2001, 10:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Cambered deck question (Pete Rogers)

Pete, I could be totally off here but unlike polyester/vynelester resins slow curing epoxy is pretty flexible for at least a day or two before setting hard. So bending a 1/8" sheet of fully cured polyester resin in woven roving doesn't sound doable but a single sheet of fully cured 6oz epoxied fiberglass is pretty flexible (it's thin). A thin layer of 4oz glass on 3mm or 4mm plywood where the epoxy is soft has no problem bending with the glass on the inside. It's doable, I've done it.

Messages In This Thread

Cambered deck question
Ben Staley -- 10/3/2001, 5:48 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Pete Rogers -- 10/4/2001, 9:06 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
LeeG -- 10/4/2001, 10:37 pm
other direction camber query
mike allen ---> -- 10/5/2001, 12:42 pm
Re: other direction camber query
LeeG -- 10/6/2001, 12:12 am
How does it bend 90deg to the usual
mike allen ---> -- 10/9/2001, 11:48 am
Re: Cambered deck question
LeeG -- 10/3/2001, 10:04 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Ben Staley -- 10/4/2001, 10:09 am
Re: Cambered deck question
LeeG -- 10/4/2001, 12:14 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Ted Henry -- 10/3/2001, 8:15 pm
Re: Cambered deck question
Don Beale -- 10/3/2001, 6:02 pm