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| VaccaRabite |
 Jan 29 2007, 06:56 PM
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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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| sww914 |
Jan 30 2007, 11:12 AM
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You can buy sheet urethane foam from airplane building suppliers. you can glue it together with bondo or polyester glazing putty and shape it with a surform file (cheesegrater) and then finish it with sand screen and sandpaper. Urethane foam works with polyester resin, styrofoam works with epoxy resin. You can't shape styrofoam (polystyrene) with sandpaper, you must cut it with a hotwire. Look at aircraft spruce's website, composites, and then foam.
Epoxy will melt urethane, polyester will melt styrene. So you can form your foam and then glass right over it just like a surfboard. Sand the fiberglass to shape, put a gloss coat of resin over the top, sand and paint. |
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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 toon1 Is it possible to use the steel insert as a mold? ... Jan 30 2007, 09:42 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 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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