Peel ply also absorbs excess resin and hence makes the layup relativly lighter. I doubt if plastic will do that for you.
Ameet Savant --- Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com> wrote: > I bought some BID fiberglass today in a shop in > Paris that sells all sorts > of composites mainly for artists and designers. I > was also looking for > peel ply. The guy had never heard of it. When I > explained the purpose, he > showed me rolls of rigid plastic sheets (looking > like old overhead > projector slides). He said that's what his customers > use when they want > the cured surfaces to be smooth. > > That puzzles me. How come we don't do that? Is it > because they fear > trapped bubbles less than we do, or what? > > Serge Vidal > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > Paris, France > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
