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Old 02-23-2010, 09:51 AM
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I'm sure there are some good chopper gun bodies out there but the process of handlaying a body up requires that they roll in just about each layer of fiberglass mat resin to compact it. It's the rolling in of the mat and resin that so greatly adds to the density and integrity of the fiberglass panel. I don't know how most of the chopper gun places do their bodies but I think they rely mostly on the impact of the resin and fiber in the mold to compact it. They may roll it at some time during the shooting - not sure. They probably do at the end to seal the panel down.
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