glassing foam: part 2 (w/pics)

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

Fiberglass jelly? I've never heard of it....

i could be wrong, but i think its resin mixed with fiberglass strands. i still think kitty hair would be much better for your application.

 

[Rawr-DQ 10+ year member]

Couldn't you just add a few layers of tape on top of the foam so that it would retain it's shape?

Wow I just caught myself almost putting in "jew" instead of "few", some typo, lol.

...But the tape or maybe a layer of foil for added protection should stop the chemicals from reacting?

 

[bean 10+ year member]

all of these suggestions are great.... But I still would have started out with a wood (MDF to be exact) skeleton. You would have needed a lot less glass and bondo that way.

req? what do you say?

 

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

I though about it before I started with the foam. It would be just too complex, too many angles to cut. And it wouldn't of been the look I wanted. What you think would work better for you may not work better for me.

I'm conmfident It'll come out fine in the end.

 

[LBX2G 10+ year member]

i could be wrong, but i think its resin mixed with fiberglass strands. i still think kitty hair would be much better for your application.

yeah u are right. real easy to spread

 

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

Well I finished laying most of the bondo and got started on some of the sanding and thought I'd share the pics.

Here it is after putting the bondo on.

And after some sanding.

I'm about 1/3 way do with sanding, but I won't be able to finish till next week because I work all weekend.

I think the gaps filled in nicely and it will come out looking not too bad. Actually, I should have just skipped the fiberglass layer. It was a wast of time, money, etc. but at the time I thought I needed it. Oh well...

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

tedious work man, but i'm sure it will be worth it and turn out great. i feel and know your pain.

 

[smurf 10+ year member]

very creative indeed. good luck.

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

oh man, much better than the man. That looks hot.

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

I think it will turn out fine. Looks good once you put the bondo on it

 

[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

Looks good man, now get it all finished //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[temposs 10+ year member]

Good trick for glassing foam, after you have made the mold out of foam, spread a thin layer of bondo across the entire surface, and then apply glass/resin. The fiberglass won't eat into the bondo.

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

But....the bondo will eat through the foam just as the resin did most likely...

Either way though, looking MUCH better, it's going to turn out for you after all //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

all of these suggestions are great.... But I still would have started out with a wood (MDF to be exact) skeleton. You would have needed a lot less glass and bondo that way.
req? what do you say?

well, depending on how you want the curvature to come out, starting with foam is a good idea, and this way you can get the contour to the ****** hump down well too...

because if he did wood - the side would be flat and it would have been a PITA to fill in all those little curves at the top.

i wish theyd make an expandable foam MEANT for fiberglassing - that would kick MAJOR ***.

Good trick for glassing foam, after you have made the mold out of foam, spread a thin layer of bondo across the entire surface, and then apply glass/resin. The fiberglass won't eat into the bondo.

seeing that fiberglass resin is just epoxy, and bodyfiller is epoxy, i can venture to guess that it will still eat the foam.

 

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

Yeah, it'd be nice to have a special kind of foam ment for this. If only...