ʻO ka nīnau maʻamau he aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka moena fiberglass, a me ka fiberglass i ʻoki ʻia? He kuhi hewa maʻamau kēia, ʻoiai he mea like lākou, a ua like i ko lākou mau waiwai, ʻike paha ʻoe i hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Chopped Strand Mat. ʻO ka moena strand ʻokiʻoki, a i ʻole CSM kahi ʻano o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i hoʻohana ʻia i ka fiberglasskīʻaha anianiwaiho ʻole ʻia ma waena o kekahi a laila hoʻopaʻa pū ʻia e kahi mea hoʻopaʻa resin. Hoʻohana maʻamau ʻia ka moena moena ʻoki ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana hoʻomoe lima, kahi e waiho ʻia ai nā ʻāpana mea i loko o ka ʻōpala a kāhili ʻia me ka resin. I ka manawa e ho'ōla ai ka resin, hiki ke lawe ʻia ka huahana paʻakikī mai ka ʻōpala a hoʻopau.He nui ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka moena strand ʻokiʻoki, a me nā mea maikaʻi, ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻenā huahana fiberglass, aia kēia mau mea:-Hiki ke hoʻololi-no ka mea e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka mea hoʻopaʻa i loko o ka resin, maʻalahi ke ʻano o ka mea i nā ʻano like ʻole ke pulu ʻia. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka moena strand ʻokiʻoki i nā ʻāpana paʻa, a me nā kihi ma mua o ka lole i ulana ʻia.Koina-ʻO ka moena mānoanoa ʻokiʻoki ʻia ka fiberglass makamae loa, a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā papahana kahi e pono ai ka mānoanoa ke kūkulu ʻia nā papa.Kāohi i ka paʻi ʻana-ʻO ka moena, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e like me ka papa mua (ma mua o ka gelcoat) i loko o kahi laminate e pale ai i ka paʻi ʻana (ʻo ia ka manawa e hōʻike ʻia ai ke kumu ulana lole ma o ka resin). He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ikaika nui ka moena Chopped Strand. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka ikaika no kāu papahana pono ʻoe e koho i kahi lole ulana a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i nā mea ʻelua. Hiki nō naʻe ke hoʻohana ʻia ka moena ma waena o nā ʻāpana lole i ulana ʻia e kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka mānoanoa me ka wikiwiki, a kōkua i nā papa āpau e hoʻopili maikaʻi.