Resin Question

[micahmills]

would resin alone be prettystrong, im ont gonna be like throwing it around, i was just hink of like 1 to two...maybe three coats of resin, w/o fiberglass? i dont think it would be strong enough to like sit in and lay in but...idk

 

[box o crayons]

no it would not be strong at all easilly bent and cracked and bondo would barely hold togethor when sanded, it would crack just like the fiberglass

 

[Xtreme TACTICS 101]

with 1 coat of resin, its not even re-inforced. With 2 coats, still no, with 3, still no, but getting closer. In order to do a costume without fiberglass and still make sure its strong, you would need 10-20 coats of resin just to make it so you can put the piece on without it breaking.

 

[phenry]

There's a reason why everybody uses fiberglass - it works. Don't spend a ton of time on pep if you're gonna skip such an important step.

 

[micahmills]

im not i was just wondering, i had to get that floating thought out of my head lol thank you

 

[mchammertime]

I thought i already told you that lol

 

[customprops]

no without fiberglass it would be very fragile best you fiberglass it

 

[Drgnfyre4]

Resin alone even in multiple coats is not strong enough. The fiberglass matte/cloth is meant to create a woven structure that when combined with the resin makes for a strong surface that is held rigid by the hardened weave. WIthout that, you simply have a shell coating that when flexed will crack and break.(this is more so when the piece is THICK resin only, not so much the case with thinner coats.)