Glass reinforced plastic or fiberglass is a composite material made from strands of glass and liquid resin. This versatile material is used in the construction of cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats and aircraft. Fiberglass is an easy material for the DIY modeler or repairer to use. Written with the layman in mind, this book covers: Materials, tools and equipment; Health and safety; Repairing existing components; Modifying and strengthening existing moldings; Designing and making patterns; Making moulds; Wet lay-up technique; Curing times and methods; Releasing compounds from moulds; and Mould-less techniques.
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Keith Noakes has extensive experience and knowledge of glass reinforced plastics, having worked in the industry for over twenty years. He has advised motorcycle and motor racing teams, and formed his own composite company supplying components to Formula One and Cart teams.
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Title is totally misleading,
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The title for this book is not the correct one. I wanted to buy a book which not only gave me an introduction of the field but gave details and hints of methods. The book gives you a very very general picture of EVERYTHING it talks about. Does not show anything practical except the general idea and theory of the wet lay up and other methods. FIBERGLASS & COMPOSITE MATERIALS - by Forbes Aird is a superior book in this aspect of showing methods, steps, pictures of steps, detailed descriptions of how the shop should be on all aspects from garage shop to industrial size shop and most importantly gives you direct advice and hints based on experience and examples. If the title changed it would be a good but outdated book although I doubt it will be corrected since nobody would buy it.
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bad how-to-do book,
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although a great academic thesis on fiberglass and all its theory and its compositional attributes of high polymerisation... bla bla bla.. OK I was lost too throught the entire book. This is for someone that masters plastics and wants that higher edge. For beginners it really dont tell you how to start, how to proceed and what really is that you looking for.
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TOTALLY MISLEADING title.
This book is NOT a manual or practical guide. If you want to learn how to do fibreglassing, BUY SOMETHING ELSE.
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chopped strand matt, experienced laminators, laminated mould, air bleed layer, mould flange, vacuum bag material, glass matt, thick gel coat, epoxy laminating, wet laminate, laminated component, stippling action, colouring paste, return flange, joining flanges, caul plate, mould sections, finished mould, moulded component, unidirectional fibres, dummy component, finished laminate, intended component, epoxy components, several plies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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