bear_69cuda
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Gang,
My first trial glassing wasn't the greatest. From the looks of things my grinder is gonna get a workout. Having never done this, I wanted to try on a few seams that opened up on my engine compartment while grinding and removing adhesive. I purchased a small container of Bondo brand poly resin and hardener. And also same brand fiberglass cloth. I cut the glass with scissors, and immediately noticed the ends of the cuts starting to fray, and the weave starting to come apart. (see example of cut piece attached) I figured the resin would help the ends lay flat. I then painted on a layer of resin (maybe too much?) over repair area, then positioned the glass over the resin, and proceeded to wet the glass with brush additional resin, soaking any dry areas, and at the same time pushing out bubbles. While doing this it seemed like my gloves and everything was sticking to everything. A few stands of fiberglass separated from the cloth, so I tried to pull them. Big mistake! I had to walk away and re-group. The resing started to gel-up It now seems like the frayed ends of the glass wouldn't sit down to the substrate. All the edges stick up. I was thinking about trying CSM first, then using fiberglass tape since all the areas I'm glassing are seams, and edges. As I'll be painting Durabak over everything. I don't need things to be perfect smooth, but could use some advice.... The pics show edges and the glass cloth I'm using.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
I've been reading Opps Hull extension pages 83 and 84 about fiber-glassing the deck, and any other threads regarding this process... But think I need more of a 101 how to on the process itself...
My first trial glassing wasn't the greatest. From the looks of things my grinder is gonna get a workout. Having never done this, I wanted to try on a few seams that opened up on my engine compartment while grinding and removing adhesive. I purchased a small container of Bondo brand poly resin and hardener. And also same brand fiberglass cloth. I cut the glass with scissors, and immediately noticed the ends of the cuts starting to fray, and the weave starting to come apart. (see example of cut piece attached) I figured the resin would help the ends lay flat. I then painted on a layer of resin (maybe too much?) over repair area, then positioned the glass over the resin, and proceeded to wet the glass with brush additional resin, soaking any dry areas, and at the same time pushing out bubbles. While doing this it seemed like my gloves and everything was sticking to everything. A few stands of fiberglass separated from the cloth, so I tried to pull them. Big mistake! I had to walk away and re-group. The resing started to gel-up It now seems like the frayed ends of the glass wouldn't sit down to the substrate. All the edges stick up. I was thinking about trying CSM first, then using fiberglass tape since all the areas I'm glassing are seams, and edges. As I'll be painting Durabak over everything. I don't need things to be perfect smooth, but could use some advice.... The pics show edges and the glass cloth I'm using.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
I've been reading Opps Hull extension pages 83 and 84 about fiber-glassing the deck, and any other threads regarding this process... But think I need more of a 101 how to on the process itself...