tonedeaf Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Funny thing is, that resin is prolly about the same price I paid at lowes. Wonder if I can find my receipt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicenterDesigns Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 What is wrong with the resin from home depot? Or better yet, what makes a resin good or bad? I used to the stuff from home depot (3M or Bondo can't remember now) and it seems to have worked fine. Best way to put it, is that it is B stock resins. Once you use quality resins, you would understand. Night and day differance. The good resin is thinner and has an even consistancy from mix to mix. You will always know what your gettting. The stuff from the hardware stores is thick. Imgine trying to spread honey compared to water. You can soak the material much better, cheaper, with the good stuff. Speaking of material. Old school knowledge and general cheapness say use fleece. BUT, it takes twice as much resin to completely soak it. Use a thinner material, like swimsuit material from the fabric stores. It stretches super easy for no wrinkles (key part of a job), and uses little resin to hold. You MUST add mat to your project fro strength. Just plain resined material will be brittle. We have done test to prove this. But again. lazy people will skip it cause they assume resined fleece is strong. Building The Best.....Repairing The Rest The bitter after-taste of a poor quality job will last far longer than the sweetness of that cheap price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 For the record, I did a sparetire tub so I didn't need fleece. I did use lots of mat I didn't know the resin shouldn't be honey like in thickness and the resin I used was very honey like. It was also about the same price as the stuff linked above. Guess I know where I will be getting my fiberglassing materials next time. Thanks for the explanation! F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwag415 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Thanks guys Much help! i will be looking into it trying to make soome tweeter domes What is wrong with the resin from home depot? Or better yet, what makes a resin good or bad? I used to the stuff from home depot (3M or Bondo can't remember now) and it seems to have worked fine. Best way to put it, is that it is B stock resins. Once you use quality resins, you would understand. Night and day differance. The good resin is thinner and has an even consistancy from mix to mix. You will always know what your gettting. The stuff from the hardware stores is thick. Imgine trying to spread honey compared to water. You can soak the material much better, cheaper, with the good stuff. Speaking of material. Old school knowledge and general cheapness say use fleece. BUT, it takes twice as much resin to completely soak it. Use a thinner material, like swimsuit material from the fabric stores. It stretches super easy for no wrinkles (key part of a job), and uses little resin to hold. You MUST add mat to your project fro strength. Just plain resined material will be brittle. We have done test to prove this. But again. lazy people will skip it cause they assume resined fleece is strong. 2001 is300Headunit: JVC KD-X50BTHighs/Mids: StockHigh/Mids Amp: NASubwoofer: DC Audio LV4 12"Subwoofer Box: DLDesigns Box tuned to 32HzSubwoofer Amp: AQ 2200DElectrical: NA Performance:SRT Racing intake with ECUHKS Super Dragger 2BC Racing Coilovers BC 264 stage 2 cams full head build with BC Valves, Retainers, and springs Dezod Green Race Header Comming soon/Thinking about<p>Electrical: XS power under the hood (Suggestions Welcome)Performance: BC Cams,Cam gears, maybe GTE Swap down the lineMy YouTube Channel Subscribe and i'll return the favor!Xbox Live Team Website.My First Official Box Build.My FacebooK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwag415 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 im not quite sure ware to look? Get fg resin and matt from us composites .com 2001 is300Headunit: JVC KD-X50BTHighs/Mids: StockHigh/Mids Amp: NASubwoofer: DC Audio LV4 12"Subwoofer Box: DLDesigns Box tuned to 32HzSubwoofer Amp: AQ 2200DElectrical: NA Performance:SRT Racing intake with ECUHKS Super Dragger 2BC Racing Coilovers BC 264 stage 2 cams full head build with BC Valves, Retainers, and springs Dezod Green Race Header Comming soon/Thinking about<p>Electrical: XS power under the hood (Suggestions Welcome)Performance: BC Cams,Cam gears, maybe GTE Swap down the lineMy YouTube Channel Subscribe and i'll return the favor!Xbox Live Team Website.My First Official Box Build.My FacebooK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwag415 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I was also wondering what the best way to go about doing it is also? any tips/tricks. other supply's i might need? 2001 is300Headunit: JVC KD-X50BTHighs/Mids: StockHigh/Mids Amp: NASubwoofer: DC Audio LV4 12"Subwoofer Box: DLDesigns Box tuned to 32HzSubwoofer Amp: AQ 2200DElectrical: NA Performance:SRT Racing intake with ECUHKS Super Dragger 2BC Racing Coilovers BC 264 stage 2 cams full head build with BC Valves, Retainers, and springs Dezod Green Race Header Comming soon/Thinking about<p>Electrical: XS power under the hood (Suggestions Welcome)Performance: BC Cams,Cam gears, maybe GTE Swap down the lineMy YouTube Channel Subscribe and i'll return the favor!Xbox Live Team Website.My First Official Box Build.My FacebooK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rell Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) There is a sticky at the top of this section, supply links etc to some good sites where you can get stuff. get your yellow pages out and find a local auto body supply store. There a also tons of threads just like this one. As well as build threads you can probably pickup a few tips. Also might be able to find more useful info on fiberglassforums. Good luck Get out there and get ya hands dirty. Edited July 17, 2011 by Rell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwag415 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Thanks There is a sticky at the top of this section, supply links etc to some good sites where you can get stuff. get your yellow pages out and find a local auto body supply store. There a also tons of threads just like this one. As well as build threads you can probably pickup a few tips. Also might be able to find more useful info on fiberglassforums. Good luck Get out there and get ya hands dirty. 2001 is300Headunit: JVC KD-X50BTHighs/Mids: StockHigh/Mids Amp: NASubwoofer: DC Audio LV4 12"Subwoofer Box: DLDesigns Box tuned to 32HzSubwoofer Amp: AQ 2200DElectrical: NA Performance:SRT Racing intake with ECUHKS Super Dragger 2BC Racing Coilovers BC 264 stage 2 cams full head build with BC Valves, Retainers, and springs Dezod Green Race Header Comming soon/Thinking about<p>Electrical: XS power under the hood (Suggestions Welcome)Performance: BC Cams,Cam gears, maybe GTE Swap down the lineMy YouTube Channel Subscribe and i'll return the favor!Xbox Live Team Website.My First Official Box Build.My FacebooK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Is it just me or are any of you guys having trouble finding the BP440 on the uscomposites site? I see 404 but no 440. TEAM FLEX ISSUES Car: 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royal 24" Rims HU: 7" Carputer, Planet Audio EQ, iPhone. Coax: T3 Audio 4" speakers Subs: 2x 18" T3 Audio TSNS (walled) Sub Amp: DC 9k SOON TO COME T3 Audio 6x9s MB Quarts 6.5" comp set MAYBE ADDED 2nd DC 9k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I hear they changed the part number. Just call and ask them for their replacment for b440 premium resin 2008 California state record holder 157.2 Bassrace2009 California state record holder 157.0 BassraceRollin 50's 158.7db2009 King of Cali Bassrace2009 USACi score 160.5 @ 42hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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