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First glassing project, Kick panels


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Sessland 
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Posted: February 14, 2006 at 6:43 PM / IP Logged  
So I decided to get started on my first glass project today.
Everything was going fairly well once I got the hang of working with the mat, but in the back of my head I was wondering why it was taking so long for it to get hard...
turns out I'm an idiot and shoulnd't be allowed near numbers. First glassing project, Kick panels -- posted image.
Ratio I was using was 9-10 drops of hardner per ounce of resin....but what I didn't do was scale up my hardner since I was using 6 ounces!!
So, I'll wait a few more hours and see if this stuff is getting anywhere near close to being hard...if not we'll start from scratch in the morning.
Tick tock, tick tock
First glassing project, Kick panels -- posted image.
psychographic 
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Posted: February 15, 2006 at 4:52 PM / IP Logged  
Puy a heat lamp on it. just keep an eye out for anything getting to hot. Adding heat to it will help speed the "curing".Fibergalass actually does'nt need a hardener It just speeds up the process.
jlord16 
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Posted: February 15, 2006 at 8:28 PM / IP Logged  
Yeah, heat will cure fibreglass the hardener just acceltaes the process at room temperature and in turn creates heat (exothermic)
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dstang24 
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Posted: February 16, 2006 at 12:56 AM / IP Logged  

jlord16 wrote:
Yeah, heat will cure fibreglass the hardener just acceltaes the process at room temperature and in turn creates heat (exothermic)

Looks like we have a chemist on our hands.  One semester of chemistry and I understand the car audio environment better...

jlord16 
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Posted: February 16, 2006 at 5:49 AM / IP Logged  
Yeah well im studying Engineering so its alota chemistry, physics, maths and computer design/mock up's, it certianly helps in the car audio field alot
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Infinity Kappa Perfect 10"
Respone 800w Mono
ALPINE MRP-F250
*Custom fabrications*
Sessland 
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Posted: February 17, 2006 at 12:13 AM / IP Logged  
I threw all that away when I realized it wasn't even close to curing the next day!
Next day I got the mixture down a bit better. Seems like 9 drops per ounce was the sweet spot.
After a few months of reading posts on the forum I finally got my feet wet.
Played a bit for a couple days and will be posting some pics of the kicks soon.
So far I was a bit side tracked making a "dash kit" for the Honda Passport. Came out pretty decent for a first try even though it looks pretty rough on the rear end.
Most importantly it works fine, sits nice and tight and lines up perfect with the stock molding! Only I know what's back there First glassing project, Kick panels -- posted image.
First glassing project, Kick panels -- posted image.
First glassing project, Kick panels -- posted image.
First glassing project, Kick panels -- posted image.
First glassing project, Kick panels -- posted image.
More progress on the way...
dstang24 
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Posted: February 17, 2006 at 12:21 AM / IP Logged  

jlord16 wrote:
Yeah well im studying Engineering so its alota chemistry, physics, maths and computer design/mock up's, it certianly helps in the car audio field alot

Electrical Engineering here... I hear ya!!!

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