how is fiber glass casting made?

Question

in three dimensional art how do you cast using fiber glass

Answer 1

A mold is made from wood or plaster or any other method. The inside surface is coated with wax for release. A gel coat is applied to form the smooth skin. Ron Mueck http://www.artmolds.com/ali/halloffame/ron_muek.htm
uses fine brushes to detail color in the coating. Then a layer of resin is painted and fiberglass woven cloth or random mat is laid down in it and more resin is painted in to soak the cloth. When it sets more layers may be added, either all over or at places that need reinforcement.
It is possible to build up from the outside, but it is rarely done because the resin is extremely sticky and sets up quickly giving off heat.

Answer 2

okkk ...here it is...

Glass fiber is formed when thin strands of silica-based or other formulation glass is extruded into many fibers with small diameters suitable for textile processing. Glass is unlike other polymers in that, even as a fiber, it has little crystalline structure (see amorphous solid). The properties of the structure of glass in its soft stage are very much like its properties when spun into fiber. One definition of glass is "an inorganic substance in a condition which is continuous with, and analogous to the liquid state of that substance, but which, as a result of a reversible change in viscosity during cooling, has attained so high a degree of viscosity as to be for all practical purposes rigid."

The technique of heating and drawing glass into fine fibers has been known to exist for thousands of years; however, the concept of using these fibers for textile applications is more recent. The first commercial production of fiberglass was in 1936. In 1938, Owens-Illinois Glass Company and Corning Glass Works joined to form the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Until this time all fiberglass had been manufactured as staple. When the two companies joined together to produce and promote fiberglass, they introduced continuous filament glass fibers. Owens-Corning is still the major fiberglass producer in the market today.

Answer 3

as quickly as I broke my arm i've got been given crimson after which black for my 2nd forged and absence for the third if i had to brake a bone agian(and decide for a forged) (god forbid) i'd get somethign a splash extra showie, like striped or neon! def do no longer bypass with white cuase they provide the effect of being rather grimy after awhile, neon green sounds awsome