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So today was layup day! I waxed the mold and sprayed it with mold release, prepped all
the materials...
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...and cut a piece of glass suitable to layup four layers. I originally thought I was
going to be doing five layers, so I cut a bit too much glass, but double checked my plan
and realized it was only four.
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Here's the fist layer ready to be smoothed on.
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I attempted to just smooth the fabric around the corners, but this mold is just too
square-ish and too deep for the fabric to smoothly flex around the corners. I ended up
pulling off this layer and throwing it away.
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So, for the second layer, I reverted back to cutting out the corners and folding tabs
around the corners.
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When laying up the third layer, I found that the spikey bits from the second layer
prevented the third layer from going around the corners smoothly. I peeled both of
these layers off and threw them away.
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So, on the fourth layer, I decided to angle teh cuts back to prevent spikey ends from
interfering with subsequent layers.
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Here's how the corners worked out.
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Unfortunately, I angled this corner back a bit too much. No worries...the gap is below
the useful portion of the part, and there will be more layers anyway.
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So, by this point the epoxy was beginning to gel up in the heat, so that was the end
of the layup for today. I vacuum bagged it to leave it to cure overnight.
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