Something Dem and I do is cut a slot in the bottom (inside) of the gauntlet, then fill it with resin and slush that around the inside; as it soaks into the cardboard it will began to become a solid mass with the cardboard acting like the fibre in a normal glassing job.
Then we usually do a brush-on coat on the outside (or maybe two...) then sand it a bit...makes really strong gaunts, if a little brittle (resin without glass tends to do that...)
Creon! Yo, ad'ika. Aw, it's not that bad! Well, I had my mom with me the whole time in case I really screwed something up. :rolleyes But still...
Okay, so I'm going shopping on Friday and I need to know what brands and blah to buy...and what to buy! Not clothes, but like bondo-glass and that stuff. What do I need to glass my gaunts and helmet? Help me make a shopping list guys!
If you are going the Bondo Glass route you will need:
Bondo glass
Sanding paper grit of about 400
Sanding paper of about grit 800 - 1000
Wet and dry paper of about grit 1500 up
A dust mask
If you are going the fiberglass resin way you will need:
A fiberglass kit
Several cheap paint brushes (Dollar stores will do these best)
Sanding paper grit of about 400
Sanding paper of about grit 800 - 1000
Wet and dry paper of about grit 1500 up
A dust mask
Rubber gloves to protect your hands.
Oh how I remember Jr High... I was in Colorado, it was beautiful.
Indoor school, so cool, then I moved to Cali for 9-11, and to Hawaii to graduate and do some college, wow am I that OLD?