anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #15 – April 11, 2008, 05:53:56 PM Quote from: kitzdnm;213625Sometimes they help! I usaully read them after the fact,just to see where "maybe" I srewed up!!Which is soon followed by an "I knew that...." Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #16 – April 11, 2008, 10:44:25 PM I read them, and I guessed on the mixture hahaand yep bought a freaking 15!!! dollar paint stripping wheel, and all sorts of good stuff to get everythign done Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #17 – April 11, 2008, 10:50:38 PM PicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPictures Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #18 – April 12, 2008, 12:16:55 AM After having problems with using the stated mixture, I always use twice the recommended hardener now (have to buy additional). Gets nice and hot by itself and begins to dry after about 10 minutes - then comes the grinding and sanding. An hour later its ready to sand.For quick jobs, I just spray the hardener in and usually use way too much. It gets to be up to 1 part hardener to maybe 4-5 parts resin. Needless to say, I have several tubes of hardener on hand. I love working with the stuff but you need good ventilation. Also, it sucks to sand bowl shapes perfect. Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #19 – April 12, 2008, 12:45:02 AM thats the info I needmy friend came over while i was preping the lidbroke my fing heat gun, so now I have to see if it will cure over night its12.44 and I removed, stipped, rust proofed, and fiber glassed my trunk lid.I took some pics of the glass drying but ill post tomorrow I want to pass out.... so much FUMES!! 2 dual fans running on high, and im still feeling it... Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #20 – April 12, 2008, 06:51:59 AM Quote from: daminc;213665PicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesPicturesYes,what he said. Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #21 – April 12, 2008, 05:38:15 PM Here you guys goit came out better this time, gonna use more hardener in the next batch for the second layer, just to be safe. But its nice and hard, except at the edge where i folded it over, gonna use two pieces for the second layer. Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #22 – April 12, 2008, 05:43:46 PM hey, thats going to be alrightAre those your drums? Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #23 – April 12, 2008, 05:56:02 PM Yepused to play for 3ish years. They are so out of tune I cant stand to play them. Just need to get some more resin, some bondo, and sand away, put the next layer on, sand, bondo, sand, prime, and paint. Doing a two tone trunk, since I cant afford to paint the whole car, Im only fixing where I can make it look decent. Bought this rust disolver, and it works AWESOME, cut out most of it, and sprayed the stuff in there, came home and it cleaned it up alot. Car might look good after all. Id rather do metal, but carting body parts to school to weld is not practical so this will do nice. Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #24 – April 12, 2008, 06:50:22 PM Quote from: daboss351;213669so much FUMES!! 2 dual fans running on high, and im still feeling it...Open a garage door and work next to it or something, even if its colder. Fiberglass fumes, along with paint fumes, will do nasty things to you without you even knowing it. Fresh urethane paint is the worst...Even with a wind tunnel effect drying the car after spraying on urethane, 4 hours of drying time wasn't enough before I started to bolt certain things back on so that I could get home and to work. Got very sleepy fast so I said screw it and took even more time off - nothing is worth risking your life over. Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #25 – April 12, 2008, 07:40:18 PM Yea I got another fan, and i have every window in my basp00get working (we have no garage, all work I do is in the yard on the car, or in my basp00get, sucks)Got another thing of resin, some extra hardener, bondo, new heat gun, more mat, and Im ready to go! Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #26 – April 12, 2008, 10:55:26 PM spend some cash on a 90 amp wire fed welder my guy.its not hardcore but it works fantastic for what you are doing.I got mine from Harbor Freight for about 100$ Keep your eyes on the paper... theyre onsale every now and then. Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #27 – April 12, 2008, 11:07:41 PM Quote from: 87thunderbirdBlackJack;213754spend some cash on a 90 amp wire fed welder my guy.its not hardcore but it works fantastic for what you are doing.I got mine from Harbor Freight for about 100$ Keep your eyes on the paper... theyre onsale every now and then.^what he said... I commend you for trying to fix the body yourself, but trust me, do it right the first time... will save many hassles in the long run, just ask my '85 cougar what happens when you dont do it right the first time? Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #28 – April 13, 2008, 03:03:24 AM Well its the trunk lid, front fenders, and rear quaters. Car has lots of underside rot, so this is to just make it look good. I have cut all the rust out of the lid, and treated it all, striped the entire face to bare metal. So it is done right, just easier. So many bends, and angles would have been a PITA to replicate. The glass has been awesome for that. Got the second layer on the front, and one side sanded and ready for a skim coat of bondo! Came out great!!Pics tomorrow cause its 3am and im tired Quote Selected
anyone mess with fiberglass?? Reply #29 – April 13, 2008, 07:16:23 AM The next one will get welded. this ones just practice Quote Selected