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F8lyer8s 
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Posted: July 19, 2004 at 6:46 PM / IP Logged  

Yo,

Im builing 3 fiberglass enclousures for my 93 lebarron oh yea its a 4 door... lol... (i needed room for cargo) Anyway its my first time with glass and im doin the project in my backyard... however my dumbass went down the shore and forgot to cover the boxes they each have about 3 layers on them but they got soaked.....is this bad.. the boxes were dry before it rained... Is this bad and will it weakin the strentgh of the box... Also im having a lot of trouble getting rid of airbubbles i know the stab technique and i get the bubbles to be pretty small but should i not have ANY airbubbles at all or what. Also how many layers should i do if i have a small amount of airbubbles????   Ohh by the way the boxes are about 1 cu ft each... and two of them are on the sides near the wheelwells and the other is in the spare tire wheel well... Thanks and i apreciate any help..

-Steve

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Posted: July 19, 2004 at 7:03 PM / IP Logged  

nah water wont hurt it, they make boats out of it, just make sure to clean anything off before adding any more layers

about the bubbles, i always get small ones, im not sure if you can really get absolutly no bubbles in it. I wouldnt worry if they are small, unless you have bubbles the size of peanuts, then I would worry lol. I mean bubbles the size of a grain of rice or smaller...

F8lyer8s 
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Thanks for the reply, i ran out of glass and dont get paid till thursday so.... i have to wait to finish the boxes i only have about 3 layers on each box so far and yes a got a few bubbles the size of peanuts, should i scrap the project and start over????? thanks again for the reply..

-Steve

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Posted: July 27, 2004 at 6:12 PM / IP Logged  
poke em the fill with resin.... should fix it
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wow D, I though I was the only ghetto mo-fo on here that did that lol. I usually make a little chop mix of resin and torn apart mat to fill them with though, probably not nessisary but makes me feel better Is Water bad for fiberglass? - Last Post -- posted image.
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no mat.... i'm true ghetto

F8lyer8s 
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Thanks for the info guys il give it a try... i let you know how it goes and il try to post pics.. Does anyone know how many layers im gonna need to complete the boxese i heard about 9 layers for 1 cu ft boxes???? should i have more?  thanks

-steve

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depends on the sub and what your running it with.    A jensen 10" will only need about 3 layers of mat, where as a W7 with a jbl crown 6000 will take around 12 layers
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The subs are rockford he 2's and the amp is a rf 1000 bd.. thanks

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i would definately use over 8 layers.... that's not exactly a modest setup.....   nice choice

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