This instruction manual answers all your questions, both theoretical and practical, about crafting with glassfibre, or GRP (glass reinforced plastic).
It is really a pocket reference for anybody who works with any type of GRP including Kevlar and carbon fibre. It starts with a brief history lesson and then leaps into the different materials, their pros & cons, how to work with them in many ways, how to mould, laminate, repair - anything from scale models to full sized cars, yachts, furniture, water tanks, fish ponds and more.
Contents: ● How To Use This Handbook ● How GRP Was Born ● Fabrication Techniques ● Glass Fibre Materials ● Resins ● Accelerators, Catalysts and Curing ● Other Materials ● Quantities Requires ● Tools & Equipment ● Design in GRP ● Making Moulds ● Hand Lay-Up ● Moulded Shapes ● Casting, Potting and Encapsulation ● GRP at Home ● Transparent and Translucent Panels ● Tanks in GRP ● Garden Pools and Fishponds ● GRP in Model Making ● GRP Hulls ● Sandwich Construction ● Sheathing Hulls ● GRP Car Bodies ● Car Body Repairs ● Repairs to GRP ● Faults, Causes and Remedies
Appendices: ● How thick? How Strong? How Heavy? ● Resistance to Chemicals ● Ageing Effects ● Thermal Properties of GRP Laminates ● Osmosis ● Resin Technology ● Deflections and Stresses in Sandwich Beams
The text is simple but thorough and is both pragmatic and theoretical. If you want technical specifications you will find those too.
