ASHLAND GELCOAT REPAIR (20 minute clip)

Commercialised start with American narration but good gelcoat repair tips

Touches of safety and storage before going through mixing/ratios and measuring/spray equipment

Lots of how to’s and what happens if you don’t follow correct ratio’s and how to avoid issues

Includes reason’s not to use acetone in gelcoat,  a bad habit in the industry


ASHLAND GELCOAT APPLICATION (15 minute clip)

Not so commercialised.

Touches on safety and storage

Then into spray equipment

Spray technique

Catalyst calibration/levels

Temperature (another factor kiwis underestimate the effect of.)

More spray technique and spray issues

Worthwhile watching for young and old sprayers😉


ASHLAND LAMINATING VIDEO (20 minute clip)

Starts off with mixing resin

Catalysts/pumps/levels

Fibreglass types and cores

Roller types

Spraying technique

Cure and demoulding issues


EASY COMPOSITES – HOW TO LAMINATE AND VACUUM BAG CARBON (12 minutes)

Wax/materials required

How to cut and bag

Layup

Cure and demoulding

Very quick look at vacuum bagging

A basic beginners tutorial


EPOXY RESINS SAFE HANDLING (3 minute)

Recommend for anyone handling epoxy (health effects are ignored , just because it hasn’t got a strong odour doesn’t mean it’s not affecting your health.

Cute cartoon which touches on-PPE required

       Measuring

       Disposal

       Safety

COMPOSITE MATERIALS (7 minutes)

Basic explanation of what is a composite

Types of composite processes with a focus on handlay and prepreg

Goes through reinforcement types