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05honda 
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Posted: September 24, 2006 at 9:00 AM / IP Logged  
I have been working on my Acura Integra door panels for the last couple of days....I tore them out, removed the vinyl and all of the accessories. Now I want to paint them....If I layer some dura glass on it and sand smooth will they remain smooth or will the duraglass crack off? If this is not the best way to do it how should I do it...?
bellsracer 
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Posted: September 24, 2006 at 12:08 PM / IP Logged  

Are you planning on duraglassing on the vinyl or what parts of the door? If you looking at just glassing a layer over the panel, the flexing of the vinyl as the temperatures and use happens can crack the duraglass. Consider laying down a layer of chopmat, resin that then sand smooth. The mat will give enough structure for creating a layer.

Are you adding to the door something or what are you trying to do? Different applications will need different techniques to get them to work right.

Good Luck!

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sprawl85 
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Posted: September 24, 2006 at 1:41 PM / IP Logged  
chop mat and resin won't stick to plastic either without securing it with something like screws/staples. You could wrap the entire door panel with a cloth. staple the cloth to the plastic door panel to get the shape you are wanting and to hold the fabric onto the panel well, and then apply resin then mat/resin to that and it will stay on. I have a thread of the process I did. It stayed on the door panel extremely well, but I ended up throwing them away because of fitment issues due to poor planning on my part. Here is a link to my thread on this. Before this I attempted a few other things to make some door pods work. I tried drilling holes for the fiberglass to seep through and the fiberglassing to the door (didn't work, although suggested by many) I finally settled on this and they turned out spectacular.
fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!
realitycheck 
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Posted: September 25, 2006 at 2:28 PM / IP Logged  
sprawl thats a great idea. Then you could lay duraglass on top of the fiberglass to get a nice smooth finish. Fantastic idea.
Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!

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