Home boat design forums > construction > boatbuilding > fiberglass and composite boat building > laminate schedule discussion in ' fiberglass and composite boat building ' started by bearwen , nov 5, 2005 .. Those inexperienced in saturating fiberglass tend to use far too much resin. the final step of any lay-up is to remove all possible excess resin. a well saturated laminate is uniformly translucent, without milky-appearing dry spots, but for the sake of weight and cost, has little excess resin in it.. With the design factors set, swanhart was ready to specify the materials and ply schedule. as one of a group of designers who prefer not to use wood-cored laminates below the waterline, he went with a solid fiberglass laminate for the wetted hull, using an industry-standard factor of safety of approximately 2..
Hytex (r) 1000 fiberglass fabrics can be laminated with foil or heat-treated to better enhance the temperature resistant properties when being used for insulation pads and insulation blankets. hytex (r) 1400 was developed for use in applications where products that are produced from e-glass yarns, like hytex (r) 1000, would usually fail.. On a small boat of 6m / 20ft. it could be a single layer of 5 oz stain weave polyester... or e fiberglass and 0.5mm / 0.02" thick total for occasional sport use. on an 25m / 80ft. it could be just that as the small boat or a made or several layers and perhaps 3 mm / .125" thick for a work boat.. In doing so, they bond mechanically and chemically to form a hard, laminate part that cannot be reformed. think in terms of a boat. many boats are made using fiberglass, which begins as a textile–like a long piece of fabric that comes on a roll. fiberglass is laid into a mold that will create the boat's hull..
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