{"id":228,"date":"2018-02-20T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/?p=228"},"modified":"2018-02-20T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:30:13","slug":"commonly-used-terms-resins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/commonly-used-terms-resins\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMONLY USED TERMS: RESINS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cure Time<\/strong> &#8211; The amount of time required for a catalyzed resin to reach approximately 95% of its ultimate strength. Full cure may take up to 7 days, at 70\u00b0F.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair<\/strong> &#8211; To fill and sand an irregular surface to make it smooth and even.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fiberglass<\/strong> &#8211; A reinforcing material comprised of fine glass fibers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardener (Catalyst)<\/strong> &#8211; A substance which when added to resin in the proper proportions causes the resin to cure and turn from a liquid to a solid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laminate<\/strong> &#8211; The process of saturating layers of fiberglass fabric with resin; A properly saturated layer of reinforcing material.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lay-up<\/strong> &#8211; The process of applying layers of fiberglass fabric and resin in a mold or on a surface, i.e. a deck; laminating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pot Life<\/strong> &#8211; The amount of time from mixing the catalyst into the resin until it begins to gel in the container.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Self Leveling<\/strong> &#8211; When poured onto a horizontal surface liquid flows out flat, similar to oil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thixotropic Powder<\/strong> &#8211; A powder such as cabosil which, when added to a liquid such as resin, creates a non-sagging, non-running liquid with characteristics similar to those of latex paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cure Time &#8211; The amount of time required for a catalyzed resin to reach approximately 95% of its ultimate strength. Full cure may take up to 7 days, at 70\u00b0F. Fair &#8211; To fill and sand an irregular surface to make it smooth and even. Fiberglass &#8211; A reinforcing material comprised of fine glass fibers.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[37],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-guides","tag-resins","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}