fibergalss sub enclosure materials?
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Topic: fibergalss sub enclosure materials?
Posted By: bceagle8314
Subject: fibergalss sub enclosure materials?
Date Posted: December 17, 2003 at 12:10 PM
whats up guys? can you tell me what materials i would need for a fibergalss sub enclosure, where to find then, and how much they would cost? thanks
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Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: December 17, 2003 at 3:12 PM
You need fiberglass resin with a hardener. You will need fiberglass mat. Buy in gross from CLICK.
I would suggest ordering about 8 of FG-10550 and 2 of these SM-435100. How many subs,amps, etc? ------------- dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: INTENSECUSTOMS
Date Posted: December 17, 2003 at 5:03 PM
the best place i found for fiber was select products not the cheapest place but good stuff
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: December 18, 2003 at 11:12 AM
Go with my link its all the same for half the price.
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: bceagle8314
Date Posted: December 18, 2003 at 12:11 PM
2 subs, im considering putting one in each corner of my trunk or maybe a tire well enclosure
Posted By: bceagle8314
Date Posted: December 18, 2003 at 12:27 PM
if i do the corner idea, ill probably leave the amp where it is now, attached to the back of my fold down rear seats or i may put it between the subs at a slight angle
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: December 18, 2003 at 2:00 PM
sounds good,I would do the 2 corners. did u look at shopmaninc?
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: audiomechanic
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 12:07 AM
you will also need latex gloves, cheap paint brushes, mixing cups, mold fabric of some sort, MDF for the rings and/or braces, glue/ or staple, masking tape and some sort of mold release( such as car wax)
i think thats all, but its late
Trevor
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Posted By: bceagle8314
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 12:06 PM
thanks a lot..... now for the actual fibergalssing, i layer the corners with foil and masking tape, brush on the mixture, let it harden and put many more layers on..right? then how do i attach the mdf rings and braces to that mold? also i put the car wax on the foil before the fiberglass?
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 12:38 PM
I would put down tape, then use duct tape that is kinda a metal tape, its used for heating in houses and stuff. then one more layer of masking tape.I use hotglue and just wooden dowels to mount the ring.
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: audiomechanic
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 3:24 PM
what you need to do is tape the area with masking tape....i strongly recommend just masking tape. a lot of time duct tape leaves a residue behind because of the heat from the resin curing. after you tape the area use a cheap spray glue and put a layer of aluminum foil down. the foil is a good release agent. depending on the weight mat, a few layers of that.
then mount your rings with wood stilts and cover the whole the whole thing with mold fabrics...if you leave the mounting ring solid you can use a section of a 2x4 to mount the ring.........it will be really sturdy and allow you to pull the mold fabric super tight, thus leaving less slack to warp.
Trevor
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Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 9:15 AM
I didnt mean Duct tape itself the product is made by Duct Tape. Its an aluminum foil tape that is thicker then tinfoil and is sticky, so you dont have to use the m3 spray glue. Whichever way works fine though.
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: bceagle8314
Date Posted: December 22, 2003 at 11:40 AM
thanks alot, you said (automechanic).........if you leave the mounting ring solid you can use a section of a 2x4 to mount the ring....what do you meanb by leave the ring solid? or what is the other option?
Posted By: audiomechanic
Date Posted: January 01, 2004 at 5:41 PM
what i meant was to leave the center of the ring solid. dont cut the hole where the sub will fit in mount.
that way you have more of a solid area to mount.
Trevor
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Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: January 05, 2004 at 4:08 PM
using wooden dowels works fine for me.
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