Custom Mando :D (Pic Heavy)

he he... it's really not that hard... altho the gaunts can be quite the challenge to glass, I had trouble with it.
 
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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...)

:cheers
A'den
 
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A'den has the right idea, I love plain resin on cardboard, it becomes SOLID :) I mean you can bonk someone on the head and OUCH :(

By the way NICE PROGRESS.
 
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hehe hey whats up. havent been here for so long!:O up until yesterday we have been two man short at work so iv been working for two the past months:p

i try to stay away from sewing as much as possible..:P
 
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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, :p but like bondo-glass and that stuff. What do I need to glass my gaunts and helmet? Help me make a shopping list guys! :lol:
 
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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.
 
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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?
 
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