Urethane Foam shaped and fg’d ?
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Topic: Urethane Foam shaped and fg’d ?
Posted By: WILL85IROC
Subject: Urethane Foam shaped and fg’d ?
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 11:58 AM
i was reading an article in my DEC 04' issue of 'car audio and electronics' and it shows a guy shaping a steering wheel out of urethane foam, then it was sanded and afterwards fiberglassed with about 4 or 5 layers..... i think they did the dash outta foam also... has anyone ever done a project with this stuff? and if so, is it easy? and where do i buy it??? i wanna do some stuff for my iroc-z and looks easy to shape.... :oops:
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" WILL85IROC "
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 12:25 PM
Man I am looking right now in fact im on the phone with someone about foam. I cant find this stuff anywhere, I see people use it all the time. But I cant find where to buy it, can someone please help us to find it. I'm going to
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: WILL85IROC
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 12:52 PM
yeah!!! i did a search online but everything that was coming up was foam for seats, boats and stuff like that... dont know if that is the same material... someone help us .... :-}
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" WILL85IROC "
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:05 PM
alright man I got the info, I called us composites and talked to a guy. The stuff from lowes will not work its a polystyrene which is styrofoam basically. So I asked him if I could use the two part mixing foam, that expands and he said yes. So he said that to get a flat sheet of the foam take a cardboard box of the desired width and length you want the foam to be. Then put some thick plastic in the box, and then mix the foam pour it in let it harden and then pull the foam out and pull the plastic sheeting off the foam and voila you have a scultable piece of foam he said the best for strength and sculptability would be the 4lb density. If youre going to make like a dashboard or something that wouldnt need to be that strong I would just use a 2lb density. Here is a link to what I'm talking about, https://www.shopmaninc.com/foam.html Heres another website to show you a little bit more on how to do it, https://foxxaero.homestead.com/Radar1.html ------------- Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: WILL85IROC
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:29 PM
that site with the boats i already saw, but the 1st one looks good.. i might have to order a couple of kits.... did he say if it could be sanded and covered with fg????? ------------- " WILL85IROC "
Posted By: WILL85IROC
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:30 PM
BTW, thanks for the research..... i couldnt find SH*%%!!!
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" WILL85IROC "
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:33 PM
WILL85IROC wrote:
did he say if it could be sanded and covered with fg?????
Yes I copy and pasted this directly from the website link I just gave you "Once fully cured this foam can be laminated over with any type of polyester, epoxy or vinyl ester resin without melting." ------------- Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:34 PM
WILL85IROC wrote:
BTW, thanks for the research..... i couldnt find SH*%%!!!
Yeah I was really getting frustrated looking for those sheets but now this way is a lot cheaper then having those things shipped in so I'm extremely happy. ------------- Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: WILL85IROC
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:36 PM
aawww man! this is great! my project car is gonna be alot better with stuff!!!! i feel like a million bucks now, can u imagine the possibilities!!!!!
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" WILL85IROC "
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:49 PM
The possibilities are endless!!!!
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 1:59 PM
Are you about to order this stuff soon, cause if you do hit me up and let me know how it works out,,, I want be doing my seats till it warms up.
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: WILL85IROC
Date Posted: January 28, 2005 at 2:07 PM
yeah, im in pittsburgh so i wont be starting for a few months... maybe mid march... ill just gather up all my supplies....
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" WILL85IROC "
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