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One of the first materials used was grill cloth, the stuff used on speaker grills. It doesn't hold resin as well as fleece, the cloth used for sweatshirts. you can get ALOT of it for about $10 at a fabric store. or use some old sweatshirts. Don't try to use bed sheets. Many of them contain polyester, which doesn't absorb liqids very well. They won't stretch, which is VERY important. When you soak the fleece, soak the HELL out of it. It will soak up alot of resin. Be sure to not use too much hardener in the resin. That will make the resin brittle. For every 500 ml, use 10 cc's of hardener, no more. You could use a little less if the temp is really warm. Make sure there are no unsoaked spots, as this will be a eak spot in the enclosure. Go to www.SoundDomain.com and do a search for NASTY. His homepage has a VERY informative tutorial with pictures on building kickpanels from start to finish.
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screen stretches, just not much. but it would not hold resin for potty. that fleece idea is great, i never though of using other fabrics other than the fiberglass mat. you could get a few cu/ft or tiger striped fleece, and glass it, that would be interesting. damn, thats down right cool. would this produce a smooth surface, or would it need to have a few more layers of resin put on. also does the resin dry clear, or s it kinda yellowish. damn i could use this method to tigerstripe my trunk as opposed to making walls and airbrushing it
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Resin dries yellowish. Generally, the fleece is not the finish layer.... It is a building layer, and gets covered with vinyl or carpet. For something stronger with less detail - say a large panel, I like to use trunk liner. Now THAT stuff holds resin!!
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