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Greyhead · 01-01-2005

Not a tutorial as such but I thought this was the best place to put the post.

Over the last many years I’ve used fibreglass cloth and resin for a multitude of jobs from moulding a complete glider fuselage to strengthening engine bays. One thing that all these jobs had in common was that they were awkward, messy and in the case of polyester resin also very smelly, in fact generally a pain in the ***!

I recently heard of a water-based system for “glassing” called Poly C so decided to give it a try and fully glass the wings and fuselage on my latest model. What a revelation, the whole process has been a pleasure and I would definitely recommend it. No point writing out a tutorial as the method is fully explained on the RC World web site.

One thing that caused me some concern was the amount of Poly C the first coat took, I thought I would run out way before completing the job, but subsequent coats were far more economical, so no need to worry.

01-01-2005	#1 (permalink)
Greyhead Scale Model Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: County Durham Real Name: Grahame My Models: Preference for biplanes Visit Greyhead's Gallery Posts: 581 Images: 642	Glass Cloth and Poly C Not a tutorial as such but I thought this was the best place to put the post. Over the last many years I’ve used fibreglass cloth and resin for a multitude of jobs from moulding a complete glider fuselage to strengthening engine bays. One thing that all these jobs had in common was that they were awkward, messy and in the case of polyester resin also very smelly, in fact generally a pain in the ***! I recently heard of a water-based system for “glassing” called Poly C so decided to give it a try and fully glass the wings and fuselage on my latest model. What a revelation, the whole process has been a pleasure and I would definitely recommend it. No point writing out a tutorial as the method is fully explained on the RC World web site. One thing that caused me some concern was the amount of Poly C the first coat took, I thought I would run out way before completing the job, but subsequent coats were far more economical, so no need to worry.