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<blockquote data-quote="phantom240" data-source="post: 1975917" data-attributes="member: 562504"><p>Okay, so yeah ive done a little bit of glasing before, but it was to brace up and reinforce stuff for low cost... like my bumper. Other than that glassing a speaker box is kinda new to me.</p><p></p><p>Got bored yesterday cuz my car's motor is a bit on the toasty side, and my cable went out which means no internet.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif Decided to go rewire a few things in my trunk and get rid of the trash and tools that have accumulating in there, and to my suprise water has been getting in my trunk... not cool... that made my MDF box for my subs swell a bit and molded a bit and loosened up some of the carpet. Ive been wanting to fiberglass some boxes for a while, but I havent had the time or the motivation... well boredom is quite motivating. So lets begin...</p><p></p><p>Started off by lining my trunk with blue painter's tape and wax paper, to make sure that no resin finds its way to my carpet... and test fitted the fiberglass i had leftover from a bumper project... just the right amount with a lil extra!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/phantom240/P7230164.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So i put a layer of resin down to sturdy the box enough to move in and out of the car, and mid-way through the resin and first layer of glass, i realized my brush was hardening, which made it impossible for me to finish the first layer of glass.... Shit...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif so i was left with this..</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/phantom240/P7230166.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/phantom240/P7230167.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Its not all bad, i just need a roll of chop mat and might as well pick up some more resin while im out... and an assload of cheap paint brushes...</p><p></p><p>Though i do have a few questions..</p><p></p><p>First, how many cubic feet do you guys think this is gonna be? Cuz im making one identical in the other side of the car, and together there's gonna be a pair of memphis m-class 12's...</p><p></p><p>also, how did you guys attatch fleece to your boxes after mounting the rings?</p><p></p><p>Oh, and what kind of fiberglass do you guys use? I used chop strand, but i see like 5 different kinds, what works best as far as easy to wrok with and sturdiness and what not?</p><p></p><p>Any help or pointers would be great... just dont flame me... this is my first box project.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phantom240, post: 1975917, member: 562504"] Okay, so yeah ive done a little bit of glasing before, but it was to brace up and reinforce stuff for low cost... like my bumper. Other than that glassing a speaker box is kinda new to me. Got bored yesterday cuz my car's motor is a bit on the toasty side, and my cable went out which means no internet.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif[/IMG] Decided to go rewire a few things in my trunk and get rid of the trash and tools that have accumulating in there, and to my suprise water has been getting in my trunk... not cool... that made my MDF box for my subs swell a bit and molded a bit and loosened up some of the carpet. Ive been wanting to fiberglass some boxes for a while, but I havent had the time or the motivation... well boredom is quite motivating. So lets begin... Started off by lining my trunk with blue painter's tape and wax paper, to make sure that no resin finds its way to my carpet... and test fitted the fiberglass i had leftover from a bumper project... just the right amount with a lil extra! [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/phantom240/P7230164.jpg[/IMG] So i put a layer of resin down to sturdy the box enough to move in and out of the car, and mid-way through the resin and first layer of glass, i realized my brush was hardening, which made it impossible for me to finish the first layer of glass.... Shit...[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif[/IMG] so i was left with this.. [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/phantom240/P7230166.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/phantom240/P7230167.jpg[/IMG] Its not all bad, i just need a roll of chop mat and might as well pick up some more resin while im out... and an assload of cheap paint brushes... Though i do have a few questions.. First, how many cubic feet do you guys think this is gonna be? Cuz im making one identical in the other side of the car, and together there's gonna be a pair of memphis m-class 12's... also, how did you guys attatch fleece to your boxes after mounting the rings? Oh, and what kind of fiberglass do you guys use? I used chop strand, but i see like 5 different kinds, what works best as far as easy to wrok with and sturdiness and what not? Any help or pointers would be great... just dont flame me... this is my first box project. [/QUOTE]
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