Custom Fiberglass Progress Thread: check it out

[djfrestyl 10+ year member]

ok guys, so i ended up having to re-do th eright side ring...it was not sturdy enough and several of the mounts broke off...oh well, learn from you mistake...here are BOTH rings up and mounted firmly...looks good so far...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Nice....gets to glassin bish!

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Nice....gets to glassin bish!

x2 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[crazy4ozs]

UPDATE!!!

FInally the fleece has come!!!!

i decided to just buck up and do it, this is my first solo fleecing job, and lets just say that i was a LITTLE intimated...eek! but i think it turned out preety good...here are teh steps on how i did it...

first, i just layed the fleece over the desired area...

then attempted to do the first area...

started glueing the back...

the i re-stretched everything...

finally i fleeced around the trunk latch piece...this is the only "wrinkle" i got...it will be covered with bondo...and the hole in the center of the ring is so i could reach my hand inside and work from that angle...everything is still tight on the outside though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

questions? comments? concerns?

 

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

UPDATE!!!

zOMG there's a hole in your fleece! Watch out! lawl

Looking good so far. I hope it turns out pimpen.

 

[crazy4ozs]

i think it will...thats a really bad pic of it...but oh well

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

and use better suports for the rings. the fleece will warp with the resin drying, and knock your rings outta shape.

 

[FrEnChYII 10+ year member]

If a person were to take the braces (7/16" wooden dowels) and cover them in fiberglass would they be strong enough to support this warping of the fleece?

 

[crazy4ozs]

^^hm...good question, im not sure, possibly...prolly not fiberglass, just resin mabye tho...^^

and use better suports for the rings. the fleece will warp with the resin drying, and knock your rings outta shape.

and to answer your question...

*when resin "drys" it creats an exothermic reaction, meaning it releases heat, so seeing as how teh dowl rods are GLUED in place, the heat bein given off from teh resin would act as a releasing agent anyway...

so, in essence, by the time the dowl rods "warp" the resin will have already dried/cured...thus eliminating teh need for them in teh first place...

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

and use better suports for the rings. the fleece will warp with the resin drying, and knock your rings outta shape.

Which is why you use a thinner material instead of blanket fleece. Sweatshirt material or t-shirt material will hold enough resin to be stiff enough to support subsequent layers of glass, but it won't hold so much resin that it deforms under its own weight.

That said, those are kind chintzy dowels you're using there.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

and to answer your question...

*when resin "drys" it creats an exothermic reaction, meaning it releases heat, so seeing as how teh dowl rods are GLUED in place, the heat bein given off from teh resin would act as a releasing agent anyway...

so, in essence, by the time the dowl rods "warp" the resin will have already dried/cured...thus eliminating teh need for them in teh first place...

that was not a qustion, iv worked with it long enought to know what it does.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

Which is why you use a thinner material instead of blanket fleece. Sweatshirt material or t-shirt material will hold enough resin to be stiff enough to support subsequent layers of glass, but it won't hold so much resin that it deforms under its own weight.
That said, those are kind chintzy dowels you're using there.

also depends on how tight you wrap it, because it can contract while drying. which will lead to the warping.

 

[nYc.kablamO 10+ year member]

if youre bringing the fleece all the way to the rubber molding then how are those chambers going to be sealed?

sorry but I just cant see this working out, doesnt seem like a good design to me

 

[mikey060 10+ year member]

if youre bringing the fleece all the way to the rubber molding then how are those chambers going to be sealed?sorry but I just cant see this working out, doesnt seem like a good design to me

indeed. i dont see anywhere to mount that side of the fleece. unless i am just missing something

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

Nice...

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

also depends on how tight you wrap it, because it can contract while drying. which will lead to the warping.

Since it is a thin layer of resin initially it is much less likely to contract because it should cure uniformly. Non uniform curing is what causes warping.