Learned a little lesson about fibeglass yesterday........

[rchevelle71]

DONT SIT IN WET RESIN

I was glassing the port stringer, and turned around to do the starboard. It was getting very close to raining, and I wanted to hurry and get the cover on, not thinking I sat in the wet resin Got it fixed up, and complete, but as I was putting the cover on, it started to kick, DAMN that stuff burns when it gets in a spot it not supposed to be:blush5:

 

[DAREDEVIL]

DONT SIT IN WET RESIN

I was glassing the port stringer, and turned around to do the starboard. It was getting very close to raining, and I wanted to hurry and get the cover on, not thinking I sat in the wet resin Got it fixed up, and complete, but as I was putting the cover on, it started to kick, DAMN that suff burns when it gets in a spot it not supposed to be:blush5:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :willy_nilly:

 

[Steve 1]

Could be worse like in your eye and need a acetone wash out.

 

[DAREDEVIL]

Could be worse like in your eye and need a acetone wash out.

lol

 

[PARADOX]

Could be worse like in your eye and need a acetone wash out.

Been there .. done that. Long time ago I was mixing, and it "splashed" right on my face, sme in my eyes. Not a good thnk.:cuss:

 

[Chris]

About 20 years ago I was working on my Velocity. I needed to fill in an area and had not appropriate filler. Being a Sunday and wanting to gain some ground, I opted to use bondo. Heavier and stronger, but worked just the same. I mixed up probabaly two quarts and started filling this seam. Not paying attention, I dropped the bucket on the cockpit floor and it all came out. Hurriedly I started scooping it up with my bare hands and moving it where it needed to be. I guess I put too much catalyst in it as it went off pretty fast. I got it all in and levelled, but I now had bondo gloves. Serious bondo gloves. I basically had to poke and pick it off. Took HOURS. My hands were a raw, bloody mess by the time I was done.

 

[rchevelle71]

Could be worse like in your eye and need a acetone wash out.

I am already super safety cautious, and wear goggles and mask when grinding(something I never did when I was youger and worked on cars), now your gonna have me wearing goggles while rolling out the resin, better yet, I think I need a full rubber suit

 

[rchevelle71]

About 20 years ago I was working on my Velocity. I needed to fill in an area and had not appropriate filler. Being a Sunday and wanting to gain some ground, I opted to use bondo. Heavier and stronger, but worked just the same. I mixed up probabaly two quarts and started filling this seam. Not paying attention, I dropped the bucket on the cockpit floor and it all came out. Hurriedly I started scooping it up with my bare hands and moving it where it needed to be. I guess I put too much catalyst in it as it went off pretty fast. I got it all in and levelled, but I now had bondo gloves. Serious bondo gloves. I basically had to poke and pick it off. Took HOURS. My hands were a raw, bloody mess by the time I was done.

BONDO ON A BOAT

I have been picked on about that before, but I guess it depends where it is used, definitely nothing structural. I have dropped Bondo before, back in my car days, but never had to mix up 2 quarts at a time, just the regular board with about a half pint at most, and not in the cockpit, usually on the shop floor, but it does always land bondo side down

 

[rchevelle71]

Picture this...........

I get done covering the boat, run around to the front of the house to the garage, close the garage door, and strip down to nothing. Grab a rag, and the gallon of acetone, and start wiping the backs of my legs and buttcheeks with the acetone soaked rag. About this time I hear my wife pull up(Mustang GT, so I can definitely tell its her), and think to myself, "OK, what is this going to look like":blush5: but it was burning, and the Acetone felt so cool, so I just kept cleaning up, she comes in the house, and goes straight to the garage and just gives me one of these:toetap05:looks, and says "what the heck did you do now" Once I finished cleaning up, I had to take her out to the boat and explain how one stringer was wet with resin, and when I turned around to do the other side sat in it, come on, it wasnt like I was asking her to wipe resin off my azz:leaving:

 

[PARADOX]

Funny stuff Chevelle. Worth while stealing the thread. But, you got dibs, for the best "stuff" on you. Did you have a hard time going No. 2?

 

[Caincando1]

Making memories!

 

[rchevelle71]

Funny stuff Chevelle. Worth while stealing the thread. But, you got dibs, for the best "stuff" on you. Did you have a hard time going No. 2?

NAH,

didnt get any in the crack thank god, just on the cheeks.:cheers2:

 

[Chris]

BONDO ON A BOAT

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I know.

It was actually overkill. I just didn't have any featherlite. I needed to make a radious on an inside right angle to glass over it.

The bad part about bondo is that it uses talc as a filler. Talc expands whern it gets wet. On an interior it's probably OK. Would never want to fill a gouge in a bottom with it though.

 

[THEJOKER]

You have to really know what you're doing when working w/ fiberglass. Here one of my guy's shows the proper way to grind.

 

[phragle]

Sounds like a pain in the azz

 

[dykstra]

Ya gotta love fiberglASS!! HAHAHA

Sorry guys, I couldn't help it!!

 

[rchevelle71]

You have to really know what you're doing when working w/ fiberglass. Here one of my guy's shows the proper way to grind.

That looks about right:sifone: Just picture that with goggles on, and a beer in one hand, and that would be me.

 

[MiamiOffshore]

Damn Rick!!! Ouch!

 

[DAREDEVIL]

You have to really know what you're doing when working w/ fiberglass. Here one of my guy's shows the proper way to grind.

I wonder why these guys all look a like...lol

Do u know Leeroy ???!!! HAHAHAHA

 

[Whoz Your Daddy]

You have to really know what you're doing when working w/ fiberglass. Here one of my guy's shows the proper way to grind.

Looks like Schultzy:iamwithstupid: