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