Fiberglassing

[Hollowstylez]

Definitely use the hardener or it will stay jelled forever.

[TheNewbie]

So no resin hardener?

yes hardener is required and it comes with the resin, sorry my brains not fully functional at 3 in the morning lol

Does it I was looking for some but it is separate :/ and I'm FiberglassingI for laughs kearn something new

you can buy it seperately as you have to mix more hardener the lower the temp is, getting the ratio right is crucial if you mix a little too much itll harden in minutes and creates a bit of heat that causes stress cracks in the glass, and if you mix too little it takes forever to dry, you also need to make sure its mixed well or youll end up with soft spots

Damn sounds like a pain to get the ratio right... Suppose I would rather mix to little and let it sit a few days then to much lol guess I gotta experiment with it. I see resin is sold in bigger incremints than hardener so I would assume you don't need much hardener

[jrchevy87]

So no resin hardener?

yes hardener is required and it comes with the resin, sorry my brains not fully functional at 3 in the morning lol

Does it I was looking for some but it is separate :/ and I'm FiberglassingI for laughs kearn something new

you can buy it seperately as you have to mix more hardener the lower the temp is, getting the ratio right is crucial if you mix a little too much itll harden in minutes and creates a bit of heat that causes stress cracks in the glass, and if you mix too little it takes forever to dry, you also need to make sure its mixed well or youll end up with soft spots

Damn sounds like a pain to get the ratio right... Suppose I would rather mix to little and let it sit a few days then to much lol guess I gotta experiment with it. I see resin is sold in bigger incremints than hardener so I would assume you don't need much hardener

in the fiberglassing section theres a ratio list pinned for the mekp hardener(resin hardener)

[TheNewbie]

So no resin hardener?

yes hardener is required and it comes with the resin, sorry my brains not fully functional at 3 in the morning lol

Does it I was looking for some but it is separate :/ and I'm FiberglassingI for laughs kearn something new

you can buy it seperately as you have to mix more hardener the lower the temp is, getting the ratio right is crucial if you mix a little too much itll harden in minutes and creates a bit of heat that causes stress cracks in the glass, and if you mix too little it takes forever to dry, you also need to make sure its mixed well or youll end up with soft spots

Damn sounds like a pain to get the ratio right... Suppose I would rather mix to little and let it sit a few days then to much lol guess I gotta experiment with it. I see resin is sold in bigger incremints than hardener so I would assume you don't need much hardener

in the fiberglassing section theres a ratio list pinned for the mekp hardener(resin hardener)

Okay I think I might try with my kick panels since I'm not using them as for the mdf cutout what would I use to hold that up while I resin it?

[Noel989]

Im not an expert at it but I would use half and half and we would leave them over night to harden and in about over 14 years later the things we did are still hard just like when we finish them... So it's not as hard as it looks it does cause either your afraid of doing something wrong but it shouldnt

But it will take time to master it

[TheNewbie]

Im not an expert at it but I would use half and half and we would leave them over night to harden and in about over 14 years later the things we did are still hard just like when we finish them... So it's not as hard as it looks it does cause either your afraid of doing something wrong but it shouldnt

Didn't you just say you didn't know how to do it either?..... Anyways I'm willing to try it no problem just need to find a step by step way of doing it.

But it will take time to master it

[jrchevy87]

So no resin hardener?

yes hardener is required and it comes with the resin, sorry my brains not fully functional at 3 in the morning lol

Does it I was looking for some but it is separate :/ and I'm FiberglassingI for laughs kearn something new

you can buy it seperately as you have to mix more hardener the lower the temp is, getting the ratio right is crucial if you mix a little too much itll harden in minutes and creates a bit of heat that causes stress cracks in the glass, and if you mix too little it takes forever to dry, you also need to make sure its mixed well or youll end up with soft spots

Damn sounds like a pain to get the ratio right... Suppose I would rather mix to little and let it sit a few days then to much lol guess I gotta experiment with it. I see resin is sold in bigger incremints than hardener so I would assume you don't need much hardener

in the fiberglassing section theres a ratio list pinned for the mekp hardener(resin hardener)

Okay I think I might try with my kick panels since I'm not using them as for the mdf cutout what would I use to hold that up while I resin it?

you can use wooden dowels or strips of leftover mdf and screw it to the kicks, and if you have a good staple gun you can staple the fabric to the plastic. i had to do that on the door panels i did, youll prolly have to bend the staples over in the back for clearance when you reinstall, and also make sure to rough the plastic up with 60 or 80 grit to get the glass to adhere to the plastic. if you take you time and pay attention to detail you could have something that looks like this

[jrchevy87]

Im not an expert at it but I would use half and half and we would leave them over night to harden and in about over 14 years later the things we did are still hard just like when we finish them... So it's not as hard as it looks it does cause either your afraid of doing something wrong but it shouldnt

But it will take time to master it

half and half is WAY too much hardener. i was using 17 ml to a quart of resin and it was hard in 15 mins

[TheNewbie]

So no resin hardener?

yes hardener is required and it comes with the resin, sorry my brains not fully functional at 3 in the morning lol

Does it I was looking for some but it is separate :/ and I'm FiberglassingI for laughs kearn something new

you can buy it seperately as you have to mix more hardener the lower the temp is, getting the ratio right is crucial if you mix a little too much itll harden in minutes and creates a bit of heat that causes stress cracks in the glass, and if you mix too little it takes forever to dry, you also need to make sure its mixed well or youll end up with soft spots

Damn sounds like a pain to get the ratio right... Suppose I would rather mix to little and let it sit a few days then to much lol guess I gotta experiment with it. I see resin is sold in bigger incremints than hardener so I would assume you don't need much hardener

in the fiberglassing section theres a ratio list pinned for the mekp hardener(resin hardener)

Okay I think I might try with my kick panels since I'm not using them as for the mdf cutout what would I use to hold that up while I resin it?

you can use wooden dowels or strips of leftover mdf and screw it to the kicks, and if you have a good staple gun you can staple the fabric to the plastic. i had to do that on the door panels i did, youll prolly have to bend the staples over in the back for clearance when you reinstall, and also make sure to rough the plastic up with 60 or 80 grit to get the glass to adhere to the plastic. if you take you time and pay attention to detail you could have something that looks like this

That looks clean man I think I get what you mean by dowels... So sand it with 80 grit then use Just little strips of mdf as tall as I want it to stick out mdf ring as big as the speaker screw dowels to kick from the back hidden if it was installed screw mdf ring to the dowels put the fleece over it TIGHT staple it in back as well by screws apply resin hardener let it dry then sand a little once its completely dry the high spots that is or to shape it. Add bondo let it drry , sand again finer grit 120 or so them paint?

Edited April 16, 2012 by TheNewbie

[Noel989]

if i had the money id do a writeup but glass is expensive and ive already done my projects, its pretty easy tho once you get a feel for it

edit: i forgot to add a shit ton of sandpaper and some body filler

Where are you from?

Or maybe you tell me what I would need and you explain it and I can post my progress here? Like taking am online class

im from south jersey but if you give me a week im working on a little fiberglass 8 inch enclosure but i gotta come up with the money, i was gonna put it on hold to finish my jeep but i need to get it done anyway so i can sell it

That'll be cool hopefully you can show all mataterials and process step by step if you do take baby step lol