
1) after sanding down the area the repair (or newly Q-celled ding) you will want to tape the area off with painter's tape, and maybe even use some newspaper to cover the parts of the board you don't want resin drips to fall on...
2) cut your glass a little bigger than the taped off area. you will be cutting the glass after the resin "kicks" (starts to harden). lay all of your glass down and make sure you are ready to go before mixing your resin batch.
you will want to mix up your polyester resin and MEKP at a ratio that works in the amount of ambient heat you are dealing with. here in newport i mix up a pretty "hot" batch, that is to say, more catalyst than one would use in hawaii or san clemente. i use 56 drops of MEKP per 4 ounces of polyester resin. there are charts all over the internet. you can and should get familiar with the different ratios. if i am using surfacing agent, which is crucial for any layer one plans to sand, i use about the same amount of surfacing agent as i do MEKP. remember, if you don't add surfacing agent, you cant really sand your glass down: it will just turn into a gummy mess. but if you plan on laminating several layers of glass, then don't use surfacing agent in your mix, just use catalyst (MEKP) and resin... blah, blah, blah...
3) mix up your hot batch and spread it over the glass making sure to saturate the glass fibers completely, and to avoid letting air bubbles get under the fiberglass. air bubbles = weak places that you will have to repair again. use a rubber squeegee or spreader, or a cheap paintbrush with natural bristles works well too. scrape off excess resin so you don't have to sand forever




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Not the Bing!!!
yes... the bing. thank god it was repairable.
fixed just in time for the contest last weekend too.
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