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Old 03-13-2011, 11:24 PM
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I dont know a lot about it but i picked a bunch up from a guy at my work who builds boats from plywood and epoxy. You wont be using any automotive fibreglass resins. You need an epoxy such as west systems or east systems. They can get pricey at $150 a gallon. Using a light veil like 3 mil i didnt have any trouble getting the material to wrap edges and such. Id use the biggest pieces you can and wrap the piece through the corner and overlap your seams a bit. Using a bondo blade you can wet the peices out with little epoxy. You can feather them out with fillers after. If i ever decide to build my dream tank it will have strips of carbon fibre in the corners and then a thin veil sheeted overtop. The material is only threre to provide a small amount of support and hold some epoxy. The epoxy is the sealer and the strength needs to be built into the frame of the tank.
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