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Originally Posted by flyingfrizzle
. . . Still even with gloves got resin from my wrist to my elbow. Fun stuff!
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Good thing you're not using epoxy! Some folks become very sensitive to it!
I have a neighbor in the yacht building business that grew up on "Thunderboat Row" in Miami in the 60's, and he is so allergic to epoxy that he can't get anywhere near it! He said the problem is the nasty chemicals in the catalyst, and cautioned me to ALWAYS use a carbon filter respirator when working with it even though it has very little odor, and to be very careful to keep it off the skin. Even though poly/vinylester smells a lot more, he said it's not nearly toxic as epoxy!
BTW, I notice you're using a lot of mat. It's good for building thickness and the random fiber orientation helps carry off-axis stresses, which is why it's used between layers of woven cloth or roving, but the fibers are very short, so that stuff has very little strength. Even light weight cloth is MUCH stronger because of the long continuous fibers!