what is needed to do fiberglass?

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Topic: what is needed to do fiberglass?

Posted By: menace2sobriety
Subject: what is needed to do fiberglass?
Date Posted: December 06, 2005 at 3:06 AM

i never done anything fiberglass. i can do anything with wood, metal and body filler. but what is needed to do fiberglass? like kick panels or door pannels do i use just fiberglass. or do i make a box first and fiberglass that? or is it just making a mold and if so with what?

and Thanks! i did a search first but did not get the results i wanted.

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Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: December 06, 2005 at 8:31 PM

thanks for the links.

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Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: December 09, 2005 at 12:46 AM

okay i got all that down question number two. i read people paint there finished fiberglass projects why not use a gell-coat? i must not be wording my searches right posted_image

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Posted By: sunsettt
Date Posted: December 09, 2005 at 8:21 PM

Did Sprahl85 for got about Catalyst? We have to mix 2% of Catalyst with resin to make it dry then, with out Catalyst how do it dry?. I'm not very experience about this but I work for the Hot Tubs factory, and use fiberglass sometime to make mold. so they used Catalyst to mix with resin to make it dry, ofcouse we still need fiberglass mat to make it strong.

Sunsettt

Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: December 09, 2005 at 8:40 PM

sprahl85 wrote:

no one else wants to help you

yes i noticed that too. thanks for all your help! posted_image

im going to wander off and play in the freeway now posted_image

J/K

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Posted By: jlord16
Date Posted: December 09, 2005 at 11:20 PM

sprahl85 wrote:

Extra tube of hardener if you are working outside this time of year

He mentioned catalyst, but yes the resin wont harden without it. It depends on conditions and the brand of product used but generally its between 1.5% and 3% catalyst to resin

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Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: December 10, 2005 at 1:02 AM

thanks everyone posted_image

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