I went balls-deep in some CDT poon and this is what birthed itself...

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

So panels weren't dry.

On the one that was still wet the bottom lip where there was some overhang got raised off the matting a bit when I grabbed it real quick to save it from the rain. Itll sand fine though.

Also the fleece on the same fabric wasn't pulled tight enough I guess (which is weird cause I stretched it real tight) and it rippled a bit. I'll put another layer of quill over it and it'll smoothen out.

I made a makeshift box to put the panels in with a heater so hopefully by the time I get home they are dried out, and I can sand them and begin fixing what happened.

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

Last pic is what cdt's goin on!

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

but you didnt buy them from me , then you paid to much.

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

but you didnt buy them from me , then you paid to much.

Vertex Audio takes care of me cause they dig Grand Nationals and T-types. Andrew is a top-notch dude and I don't mean any offense, but he has my business for life when it comes to that stuff.

Ain't trying to start a war or nuthin man. Hit me up in my WTB thread for the deadening.

And for the record I traded a ton of gear for the speakers. I didn't buy anything.

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

lmao Tim... of course you post the ****** panel..

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Is the ride a regal?

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

Is the ride a regal?

*shakes head* ...

its a 1987 T-Type Limited.

Basically a Grand National.

750hp monster-to-be.

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

That bike at the bottom takes all cash just let me know ill line that slow old man car up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

lmao Tim... of course you post the ****** panel..

My bad //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smokin.gif.f1dc8d2acb1809e863ebd6a47eaa0d45.gif

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

Microspheres. These make your resin 3-4x's “bigger” and fluff it up. Essentially these turn resin into a bondo-like mixture that is very viscous, but also smooth and somewhat self-leveling (depending on how thick you have it). It sands down really easy, and you can fill in gaps just like bondo would, but use your resin as a base. 2Oz of resin makes the equivalent of about 4-5oz displacement in my mixing cup.

This is what twil looks like. You can see the weave is almost like carbon fiber. It conforms to corners and turns really well, since there is space amongst the fibers to compact upon itself.

comparing regular single matting to twill. You can see how matting has the glass in all directions, so there is no uniform way for it to want to fold. The twill's weave gives it axis to sorta move on, and change shape easily. Not saying the matting can't go around corners, just that I have found I can use 1 piece of twill to conform to multiple corners, and..well..I'm just not that good enough to get that result with matting yet.

Here you can see how the one piece went around quite a few bends and turns. I dig this stuff.

How it looks with resin on it. You can see on the left side of the panel where the fabric got warped. I'll fix that later on.

Filled in the uneven areas up top. You can see the bottom part of the panel where warping happened. Again, this will be fixed later on.

How the warping looked after the layer of twill...why I felt the need to salvage this panel, I dont know..

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

Thickening up the area where the knives held the matting down. The twill seems to look white no matter how much resin you lay on it, and as it dries it soaks it up. Whereas with matting, if it's white, its dry.

This is the resin I use. The little black bottle is pigment to color the resin. I use that so that when I am sanding, I know once I have gone through the most current layer and need to add some more thickness to that spot (if it isnt perfect when I reach through, that is)

Here is what the microspheres look like

Spheres and pigment mixed into the resin. You can see it kinda looks like pearl in candy paint for cars.

Shot of the “good” panel after the first layer of spheres.

You can see it levels itself out fairly well. Obviously there are some imperfections, but for a thick substance it does pretty well for itself.

Up close of the spheres after they have dried.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

*shakes head* ...
its a 1987 T-Type Limited.

Basically a Grand National.

750hp monster-to-be.

Basically a regal lol

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

The “bad” panel after the spheres and new matting dried.

This is what happens when you are impatient and dont let the resin dry, and apply spheres too soon.

This is to show you how thick the spheres make the resin, and how it will stay on vertical surfaces. I evened it out, but this was a good shot of how well it sits on the side of a panel.

Shot of it dried.

Not all of it was lost.

Good panel after sanding the spheres layer

Shot of good panel after the spheres. You can see how very little of the panel sanded through the spheres layer. It still was uneven, but it was nice to see that the spheres made a thick top coat.

Cleaned with alcohol and ready to add another layer of spheres!

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

ES-06+ next to my 6776E turbo. Flows 75-78lbs/hr. Should be good for around 700-750hp for my motor.

This is the crappy panel after the first layer of microspheres and being sanded. I screwed up here because I put the micorspheres on before the layer of matting and resin had dried, and so the spheres messed up how the matting sat. So that left me with a really uneven panel. Later on I add another layer of matting and clean up the areas that have the ripples where the rain soaked it.

More shots of the crappy panel.

You can really see on this side where the spheres picked up the matting and "moved" them. The mixture was too thick, and the resin/matting wasn't dry, so it just made for a bad combo. Entirely my fault. If I had more patience, it wouldn't have happened.

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

Good panel after the first sanding.

A second layer of spheres for it, to fill in the low spots.

This.Took.For.Ev.Er. ...added a ton of layers on the sides to even out the ripples and unevenness.. should have just done a new panel, but hey! I think I saved the bastard.. You can see how it is smooth where it used to be uneven and wrinkled.

This same area used to have a ton of wrinkles and wave in it. Now it is smooth...thank you all-nighter and twill fabric..

Some slight ripple in the area, but really its the lighting. I felt it and it besides the contours of the corner, it is pretty even.

This pic shows that area that showed contours a few pics ago much better. The only change in evenness is where the fabrics meet.

Some, but not all, of the speakers I'll be using.