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baz said:

I'm really interested in this
I've never worked a bit of glass fibre in my life
I'm pretty sure if attempted this I'd have a bit of glass fibre oil tank glued to my hand for the rest of my days!

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There's a pretty steep learning curve to it, but it can be figured out, just like anything. The polyester resin in some ways is more magic, as there's a ton of variables to mixing the resin and catalyst. There's none of that with the epoxy.

I have a fatal flaw in overestimating my abilities, and I'm constantly thinking, "How hard can it be?" And then I go and find out it was way harder than I ever thought. But as always, the next project is better, then the next better, etc. Sometimes it gets me into real trouble though.

And really, it's a big mess. It just is. No way around it. Seems the pros (def not me) are good at separating the mess from the project. I have an outside area tented off from my little shop, where I make the dirty, dusty messes, and I live in a rural area. If I was doing this in my suburban garage and had any downwind neighbors, composites would not be a good project.

It's going to be wet and warm few days, so hopefully I'll get this thing done and to the painter by the end of this week. The weather (other than this coming week) has taken a dry turn, so it's time to get this bike back on the road.