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| VaccaRabite |
 Jan 29 2007, 06:56 PM
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En Garde!  Group: Admin Posts: 13,729 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I like my big black bumpers, but I don't like how heavy they are.
I was thinking that I could make a fiberglass mold out of the steel insert, and then fill that with some high density foam, like modern bumpers. Put it back in the rubber insert, and call it a day. Problem is, I don't know the first thing about laying up fiberglass. Help? Zach |
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| toon1 |
Jan 30 2007, 09:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 29-October 05 From: tracy,ca Member No.: 5,022 |
Is it possible to use the steel insert as a mold? If you use foam as a mold you can't use polyester resin, it will eat it. You can use epoxie resin. I like the epoxie resin, there is no bad smell.
laying up FG is easy, once you get the mold the way you want it and you are ready to glass, mix the resin and paint some on the part. Take your FG cloth and lay it on the resin and paint more resin over the cloth. work small areas at a time or things can turn into a mess quick. If a section dries and you have to go back over it, most resins will still chemically bond even after 72 hours. I don't know what the insert looks like but what if you cut it all out just making a skeliton, leaving the mounting points, carve a peice of foam to fit behind it and put the top back on? |
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Vacca Rabite Anyone local to me any good with fiberglass? Jan 29 2007, 06:56 PM
okieflyr Another, maybe simpler approach would be to make a... Jan 29 2007, 07:26 PM Vacca Rabite Are there any good websites for fiberglass layup?
... Jan 29 2007, 09:53 PM Aaron Cox brando had the same idea!
do it :) maybe expa... Jan 30 2007, 12:09 AM Brian_Boss In my opinion fiberglass is like a lot of things i... Jan 30 2007, 08:55 AM Brian_Boss Another thought, how about making a light weight s... Jan 30 2007, 09:54 AM
Vacca Rabite
Another thought, how about making a light weight ... Jan 30 2007, 10:01 AM hcdmueller I have been thinking about doing the same type of ... Jan 30 2007, 10:02 AM Aaron Cox surfboards - foam core, fiberglass/resin on the ou... Jan 30 2007, 10:41 AM sww914 You can buy sheet urethane foam from airplane buil... Jan 30 2007, 11:12 AM WRX914 The down and dirty way is to use the green 3m tape... Jan 30 2007, 11:21 AM highways Having worked as a composite technician in aerospa... Jan 30 2007, 02:56 PM okieflyr You can use extruded foams from HD/Lowes and it is... Jan 30 2007, 07:20 PM highways I'd recommend going with Blue foam made by Dow... Jan 30 2007, 07:33 PM |
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