Fiberglass Questions Options

[joea9146]

I have some Rear Fiberglass Flares that are little lighter that I would like then to be.

I do not have a lot of FG experience but would like to apply some FG cloth to the back side of the fenders
to thicken them up. I noticed that the cloth comes in different Weights and Weves.

I think I need a fine weave but not sure of the Weight ?

Also do I wet the cloth in the resin and than apply, or do I lay out the cloth and pour / Brush the resin over the cloth.

Also what type of resin do I use ?

Thanks

[URY914]

You're going to get several experts reply to this but I would use a f/g mat, 3/4 oz. weight. Any of the lightweight cloths will take forever (many layers) to build up some strength.

You have to rough up the existing surface to give the new resin something to bond to. So take a sander with 60 grit paper and rough it up good.

I mix my resin and brush on a nice thick coat on the piece and than lay the dry mat mat'l on the resin. Less messy this way. Than take a roller and work the mat into the resin until it is soaked in. Add more resin, add more mat, etc, etc, etc,

Since your not bonding pieces together, I would use some simple (cheap) polyester resin.

Paul