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egiblock

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Posted: June 09, 2004 at 1:57 PM / IP Logged

did some fiberglass work yesterday in my truck. however, i didn't use enough hardner and the fiberglass is now a gooey substance in the back of my truck.

is there anyway to salvage the work that i did by applying another coat of glass, or am i pretty much screwed to the point where i have to rip the gooey crap out and start all over ???

any suguestions would be appreciated.

thanks

-- Eric

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Posted: June 09, 2004 at 9:54 PM / IP Logged

The only suggestion I have is to get a hair dryer and goto town. I've done this before and it will work, just be carful to not heat up a single area too much, fiberglass has been known to catch fire at temps about 150 F. Once you have it where its not gooey, I'd suggest adding a couple of layers with a higher amount of hardener, this will provide some reinforcement for the gooey layer which just sitting around can form imprefections. Good luck.

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Posted: June 09, 2004 at 10:02 PM / IP Logged

Yeah, I would add a reasonably hot layer of resin and mix it into the gooey layer real well.

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Posted: June 09, 2004 at 10:49 PM / IP Logged

if its the mold take it out cause in the end you WILL be disappointed. You want to make sure your mold is good or your project will look bad in the end. Whenever i make a glass mold for a box i make sure the resin has a good amount of hardener i in it so it wont make a bad mold. hope that helps.

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egiblock

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Posted: June 09, 2004 at 10:50 PM / IP Logged

i made a nice batch of glass tonight, put more than enough hardner in it and spread it all over the place ont top of the gooey stuff. 30min later it was solid on the outside. i figure that a couple of days here in ohio with the windows rolled up and the temp iside the truck reaching 90-120 deg during the day in the sun should cure the bottom layer. if not; i'll still have a mold of the truck .

thanks for help

-- Eric

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Posted: June 09, 2004 at 10:52 PM / IP Logged

it's not really a mold to make more.. it's going to be the back of the sub enclosure with 3-4 layers of glass and mat. so i figure if one layer (the first layer) is messed up, i'll still have 2-3 good layers for the box.

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