How do they match: Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators

  • Repair or modify damaged or defective glass-fiber parts, checking thicknesses, densities, and contours to ensure a close fit after repair.
  • Apply layers of plastic resin to mold surfaces prior to placement of fiberglass mats, repeating layers until products have the desired thicknesses and plastics have jelled.
  • Cure materials by letting them set at room temperature, placing them under heat lamps, or baking them in ovens.
  • Mix catalysts into resins, and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures, using brushes.
  • Pat or press layers of saturated mat or cloth into place on molds, using brushes or hands, and smooth out wrinkles and air bubbles with hands or squeegees.
  • Select precut fiberglass mats, cloth, and wood-bracing materials as required by projects being assembled.
  • Trim cured materials by sawing them with diamond-impregnated cutoff wheels.
  • Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.

  • Repair parts or assemblies.
  • Apply adhesives to construction materials.
  • Place materials into molds.
  • Select production input materials.
  • Trim excess material from workpieces.