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Fiberglassing Fiberglasssing explained and the proper techniques on working on a fiberglass project.
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Old 06-25-2016, 02:50 PM   #1
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My very first build. (Glass) clueless solo Epic

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so, I've been slowly getting into my truck remod -f150 4x4 prerunner style . And fibreglass body is a must (unless I wanted to wrap bunch of heavy sheet steel around my fenders. So, I've been researching a while about how to layup glass, carbon etc. And other than the expense time etc I think it's super radical in that can hold so many different purposes. Wanna build my own stuff. I'm a designer builder, , structural engineer sort. Don't know much outside of wood, earth, home construction. But recent been might welding. Anyways, I've found in Offroad industry the company's that supply glass fenders and the like. .. suck........ ordered some 6 months ago (glassworks) never got those. So was gonna make some. As it's a fairly minor one a two things holding up my long travel suspension system I spent lots of money on that's just sitting. Other week out of possibly luck. I got my fenders. Bought em of some strange sound man with desert trucks in his airplane hanger. So, was going to start prepping them mock up, filler up, sprat. Bam east enough. But instead decided I wasn't all that in love with the body lines + co. Same as ordered with no deliver many moons ago. So now I'm using these fenders as a base, to create the shape, skin, curves and size , my custom plug, maybe a mold that is in tune with my mission... I've gathered lots of stuff. Only thing I lack is PVA. I used hair spray on my test molding the sexy curve radius of a hd bucket. Cool. Got this. But , I've spent the last two days solid, and I am feeling the lessons coming. I love a good adventure. But I don't have weeks to be acting all artsy hand sculpting clay at 3a. So I thought was going good. Didn't plan this of course, so ended having 3 diff clays a n this.. gonna drop a pic or so. Maybe some good men will give me a shout. Some advice. To just back out. Or help figure an effective way for me to make this work, right now, somehow.... I'm sure if was just patient,, no worry. But realize gotta wait 3 days for this clay to dry before, my next plan was to throw some wall mud , condo, varnish, slick it up and start laying a mold. Then will not be such a big deal right? F I d k men. Please, If you feel like check-in me please. And I adore constructive criticism. Really. Tell me what's wrong. See if can show. Been trying to speed this ton of Kmart clay. Wrap it, continue with some perpetually finer hard layers of filler. Then start getting some resin our. K .
Greetings blessings
Yeha

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