supraspeed Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 ok ive tried fibreglassing a few bits before like holes in plastic pipes etc. but after watching this dvd i bought about boot installs etc the fibre glass they use is completely different to the stuff i used. mine was really thin cloth stuff which takes loads of layers just to get a few mm thick. the stuff these people were using was like big wet mushy stuff which covered everything straight away, difficult to describe lol. but after like 15 min it was about half a foot thick and was nearly hard. does anyone know what this stuff is called (type of fibreglass) as i can only find sheets of the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Have you tried going to a roofing supplies company as thats where i get mine from and you choose the thickness and the size of the sheeting. I take it you bought the fibre glass pack from a auto supplies shop. When doing your install use course fibre firt then use fine to do the finishing layers, you can also get a product called "fibrefill" its basically like a bodyfiller but it has glass fibre strands in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Have you tried going to a roofing supplies company as thats where i get mine from and you choose the thickness and the size of the sheeting. I take it you bought the fibre glass pack from a auto supplies shop. When doing your install use course fibre firt then use fine to do the finishing layers, you can also get a product called "fibrefill" its basically like a bodyfiller but it has glass fibre strands in it. cheers. sounds like i need fibrefill and work around that. just couldn't get the thin stuff to work at all. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 any motor factors will sell it but its a nightmare to wrk with as its so thick be intresting to see how you get on with it as i'm working on mine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 the problem i always have is getting a smooth edge afterwards. sanding it down jsut exposed a lot of the fibres, this was with thin layers tho. ended up just using a lot of filler primer on some bits if i just wanted to build up a shape or something....i'm not very good at this stuff lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 What dvd you got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 What dvd you got? off ebay a few years back called Advanced fibreglass fabrication- not very good and couldn't find a beginners one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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