The paper is 110 paper - the thick poster paper. Would it be okay to fiberglass this? Also, what I was thinking, what if I sprayed a layer of hairspray over it first? Considering hairspray hardens and whatnot.
yes. however making one that vortex's and smoothly runs the air through while clearing everything it's supposed to is much more difficult. that's also the difference between buying a premium name brand one and the cheapest one you can find.
If by fiberglass paper, you mean to coat it with polyester resin then add another layer of paper and resin, etc, etc, like you'd do with fiberglass cloth, I guess you could but the top layer could be a little sticky (unless you coated it with epoxy resin, polyurethane, etc, or did certain things while it was curing). To keep the paper from becoming translucent, you'd need to seal it first (often with a coat of diluted permanent white glue like Elmers GlueAll, etc which will also keep any non-permanent colorants on the paper from bleeding. Hairspray may seal it some (best to use severl coats or better use artist's fixative spray), but wouldn't be very rigid at all. If you just want to stiffen the paper, you'd probably want an epoxy resin rather than a polyester resin since it's used to make thick coatings on things (also called bartop resin when sold in hardware stores), or multiple coats of polyurethane, diluted white glue or ModPodge and other decoupage mediums, etc. Or you could stiffen the paper in other ways. would be good if you could say more about exactly what you want to end up with in terms of a project, item, etc. HTH, Diane B.
