fiberglass work
dmbrisket 51
01-24-2005, 06:49 PM
ok, i dont feel like doing an internet serch and looken through piles of shit, so does anyone know a good site or have some advice for someone whos never worked with the stuff, im looken to fill 2 fender holes, do the dash, and shave some stuff off... also where can i get fiberglassing materieals?? thanks all
91HBSi
01-24-2005, 07:50 PM
Honestly, I wouldn't advise you to do body work with FG; unless it's fender flares or something.
Advice. Make sure you buy room temp. resin... so you don't have to cure it at like 200 degrees. Put enough layers. I don't know how many would be needed on a dash, but I would be guessing like 5-6. Let the first layer be tightly woven FG cloth if you plan on painting it,this will make it easier. When you lay it up, lay the layers like this - / l \ - . I don't know if that makes sense, but you lay your first layer horizontal or vertical then lay a 45 degree and then another horizontal/vertical and so forth and so on.
I don't know if you've ever seen this, but you could take your dash out and lay carbon fiber cloth over it with resin and let that harden... then come back with clear coat. That looks really good. I would say that if your dash is not black then you should dye/paint it black before doing that though, because the color might show through the gaps in the fiber.
Oh, and this is all going to be relatively expensive.
Advice. Make sure you buy room temp. resin... so you don't have to cure it at like 200 degrees. Put enough layers. I don't know how many would be needed on a dash, but I would be guessing like 5-6. Let the first layer be tightly woven FG cloth if you plan on painting it,this will make it easier. When you lay it up, lay the layers like this - / l \ - . I don't know if that makes sense, but you lay your first layer horizontal or vertical then lay a 45 degree and then another horizontal/vertical and so forth and so on.
I don't know if you've ever seen this, but you could take your dash out and lay carbon fiber cloth over it with resin and let that harden... then come back with clear coat. That looks really good. I would say that if your dash is not black then you should dye/paint it black before doing that though, because the color might show through the gaps in the fiber.
Oh, and this is all going to be relatively expensive.
dmbrisket 51
01-24-2005, 07:54 PM
it is my fenders, and it may be a little more expencive then sheet metal, but i dont have a mig or tig welder, and when i graduate in like 4 months i no longer have axcess to one, so i was hopeing to get into fiberglass/cf work now and not learn it out of necesity in a few months
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