Hello Everyone,

I was watching my friend make a speaker enclosure for a car, and he was using
polyester resin. Would this be a suitable for cork handles to seal them or when
inlaying pins or other items.
Or would this be too hard and not offer the flexibility as the rod wrapping finish??
Just a thought being that many different ideas are kicked around on the forum.

Thanks, Fernando

not sure myself but try it and see what happens...dont do it on something super expensive incase it doesnt work out

Polyester resin can mean a whole lotta things. You need to be a whole lot more specific, and perhaps have a chemist nearby to discern what's good.
It might work, but you'd better be prepared to do some serious testing if using it for things like wrap finish.

one other thing MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN AN EXTREMELY WELL VENTILATED AREA(preferably outside)!!!!!!!!!!!! that stuff is killer wear a mask and lots of protection cause that stuff is no joke



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/2007 02:12PM by jon edwards.

Polyester resin would not be very beneficial in rod building. It cures much too fast to allow leveling of the finish. Is normally not as clear as the epoxy finishes and many of them have a blue or green hue. It generates much more heat when curing (fillers not quite so bad, but the resins can actually burn your fingers if you add too much hardener and hold the container that it was mixed in). You certainly would not want to flame it, like many do with their epoxy finishes. As a matter of fact, it is possible to add far too much hardener an have it ignite itself. I've seen it happen on two occasions.

If you get the clear resin, you can make castings but general rod building activities would leave you wishing you had never heard of it.

Thanks for the replies, It was just an idea and I was not about to start playing with something I have no experience with. I do know for a fact
that ventilation is a major factor, this stuff was outdoors for a day and the smell was just as strong as day one. Will keep working on the rods
with the finish that I have been using.



Fernando

Used a lot of it building cedar strip canoes. Will never mess with polyester resin again. Way nasty smelling toxic gas evaporates from it. Has issues with water permeability. Not for use inside a house. The previous posts about avoidance for rod building are right on!



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