I swear someone posted a thread awhile back about the idea of pulling the wires out of an electric blanket and running the wires closer together on something like aluminum or silicone mat. I searched and searched but can't find the post. Anyway, I have a king size electric blanket that I use to warm...

Yes but you wax it correct? Nope, no wax. Never tried laminate without waxing it, I wonder if there's a risidual release agent on the laminate from the manufacturing process? Have you ever used a piece more than once? I use scraps of formica all the time for mixing up little bits of epoxy and fille...

I'll try to find some, thanks for the heads up! I'm not at all well versed in vacuum processes, but I was under the impression that peel ply is pretty much a requirement for surfaces that will need to be bonded at a later time... either that, or lots of coarse sanding prep that can damage composite ...

I've had good luck with Formica and Wilsonart laminates. The matte finish works good and is the cheapest finish. Not sure how it will hold up to multiple uses though. Yes but you wax it correct? I've used formica but I wax it just like I do on the sheet of glass. Wax is fine for the other skin but ...

Try out Mylar. Nothing sticks to it and you can get it in pretty stiff qualities. I have pressed skis with mylar towards the top fibreglass (no topsheet) and it peels right off leaving a mirror smooth surface. I've heard that people have used mylar so I bought some mylar from Fiberlay in Seattle an...

I make precured topsheets on a sheet of glass prepped with three coats of mold release wax. I wet out the outer skin of light weight fiberglass on the glass, then wood veneer strips, then a layer of peelply, then vac bag the whole thing. Basically I'm just looking for something that doesn't need wax...

Can any one share with me what material they use for the "top pressing layer" and where I can get it? From the Layup How to http://www.skibuilders.com/howto/layup/layup.shtml Step 11 Place the top pressing layer on the top sheet material. The top pressing sheet is something relatively thic...

Screen printing on cotton was the industry standard before PBT topsheets took over. QCM still has a wakeboard customer that still does it