Congratulations on COTY mofo!

 

 

haha Cheers.

 

Today been a little busy.

Weight was 8kg's will weigh it after its finished drying.

V1 = ultimate fail, came out more like a mat than a panel .

Release agent was a slicone spray but resin still stuck to panel , which made me get a screw driver and push it under the glass which cracked it all losing its strength.

There was 4 layers of fibre all put on seperately so don't think it was that. Maybe my resin mixture was kind of eye balling it.

Some people don't bother with fiberglass panels as they don't end up weighing much less than metal ones once they are reenforced properly.

Although I wouldn't mind trying to make a bonnet for my car, does if ʞ©$ɟ the paint on the panel you use?

hey Spencer, can you chuck up the details for that panelbeater please. I wanna give him a ring and ask him to come have a look at my ke35 . Thanks man, looks good too. Good luck for the future

Going to give this another shot this weekend using silicone spray under tighly wrapped glad wrap. Hopefully it works !

The Fibre I'm using according to the fellow i bought it from is mesh(Scrim) 60g/m2 , when i said i'll be making car panels he was a bit shocked and said it was used for building ( not to sure what ) but said it would work never the less on panels not to curved. This time I will measure the resin mix to make sure I get a good mix.

Going to do 3 layer's ( Vertical, Horizontal , Diagonal ). It will be strong like russia and hopefully wont need additional reinforcement.

 

James - His number is 0422 293 432 , If he doesnt answer he's gone on holiday but he said he'll be back after the 17th

ok thanks man, i will give him a bell and see whatt he says.

V2 = fail .

Used cling wrap but wasn't tight enough around the panel and had creases so glass didn't want to follow the contour of the panel. Also come to the conclusion that the actual material is to thick and stubborn to follow annything more than a slight curve . So going to make my own shredded type of material just by folding the 1 I have now and cutting it up into small bits . Also going try Vaseline as the release agent .

Also going try Vaseline as the release agent .

 

Have you tried a PVA mixture as a release agent (in conjunction with waxing) at all?

Edited January 7, 201214 yr by carbonboy

use pva release agent and try chopped strand mat it can be ripped up into small pieces to fit in the tighter areas so you don't get air bubbles also if you don't have one get a roller to roll all the air out

Edited January 7, 201214 yr by wagn

Yea , going down to bunnings tomorrow morning to get a roller and have a chat about some Pva , might get a price on some chopped strand but I think chopped up stuff of mine will do .

So went to bunnings asking for Pva releasant but because it Sunday they know ʞ©$ɟ all . Is there some brand that I should be looking for ? Or ?

Just any Pva release should do, is is two pac paint your putting it on? Sometimes the chemical type things in the resin can get through and blister up normal paints. And they also soak any plastics you wrap it in and make them slightly expand leaving wrinkles in the finish

I was asking for Pva releasant and all they could do was show me to the fiberglass section which I couldn't see anything . 1 guy knew what I was talking about and said they didn't stock it .

 

Also seen the chopped fibre glass at 22 a square meter which is pretty steap I think