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dornstac 
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Posted: August 23, 2005 at 11:36 PM / IP Logged  

Just a quick tip for some of you, I am not sure how you guys check for leaks in the enclosure, but after puting my sub in and pressing it down a few times I found a few suprise air leaks where the fabric wrap around wasn't sealed enough.

After some thoughts of how miserable it would be to try and reach around inside the finished box to try and put FG mat around the perimeter I had a brain wave, I did a bit of real work by covering the bad air leak and then I got worried about the rest of the sides since the sub will put a lot more pressure on the box than I can.

Then it came to me, I mixed up some resin and ust poured it into the corner of the eclosure where the front and back meet. I then proceeded to turn the box making a bead seal around the entire enclosure, It worked awesome and may have saved me from tearing my subs out later, everything is tightly sealed now and it didn't even require that much resin. This may not work on all boxes, but mine are relatively small and I could hold them up and turn them quite easily so it was a painless procedure.

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Posted: August 23, 2005 at 11:44 PM / IP Logged  
dornstac wrote:
Then it came to me, I mixed up some resin and ust poured it into the corner of the eclosure where the front and back meet.
That would be the correct procedure. If you tried to do it with mat then there could still be leaks. Resin works just fine for pinhole leaks. Now if there was a 1/4 inch crack then that is a different story.
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abovestock 
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Posted: August 24, 2005 at 1:19 AM / IP Logged  
I have used 2 parts body filler 1 part resin and hardner. this also does a great job of sealing the front and back portions of box together.
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Posted: August 24, 2005 at 7:22 AM / IP Logged  

Does that formula work better for when your trying to put your body filler on the outside of your box to prep it for paint. I've read that alot of people do it that way and its alot quicker than just applying regular body filler. What do you guys think?

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Posted: August 24, 2005 at 10:59 AM / IP Logged  

yes the body filler and resin mix works you can also add a tiny bit of acetone to get it alittle thinner for easier appliction

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Posted: August 24, 2005 at 3:20 PM / IP Logged  
But wouldnt this cause any dips or bumps to show up a lot more since its just pours onto it and conforms exactly to the fiberglass??   Since your really not shaping it now like you do when its just filler?? Or am I wrong?
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Posted: August 25, 2005 at 3:23 AM / IP Logged  
you will need to some shaping or controll of the material to keep the project from going to total hell. Also you would sand the piece to a smooth finish before you ever think about painting it.

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