zay52790

i started my fiberglass deck, ill have some pics soon but so far i just have the frame done. This is my forst time working with fiberglass so any advice or help would be awesome.
ps: how much resin and matting do you guys think ill need

EmperorJJ1

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oooo makes me wish i had mine finished

c0baltic

have you ever donr anything with fiberglass... you shoudl start off with something simpletry wrapping a cardboard box see how that comes out... as a test

elecblue06

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good luck i want to try my hand at fiber glassing but i don't have the time

dc2loco

just post pics as your doing it and we'll guid you through

zay52790

i started yesterday and i think i screwed up pretty bad, im gonna try sanding it down and fixing it but i might just scrap in and start over
im working on the pics ill have them up sometime this afternoon

SilverBalt

there is an amazing how to on j-body lemme see if i can find the link for you

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.ph...=74970&t=74970

its really how to do your door panels, but the same steps apply for anything, me and my bud did a custom fiberglass dash and subwoofer/airride take/compressor holder in the trunk of his cavi.. time comsuming but looks great afterwords

0redline6

haha i think you should practice on something smaller 1st... that way you save money... fibergalssing is pretty easy after you get use to it an you know how much reisn and harder to mix to make it just right.. its all in time haha have fun with it... but still try to save your self some money.. i saw a few posts up trying to wrap ardboard thats an awsome way to practice... or if you happen to have a littletikes car for babys to push them selves in or soemthing simalr (idk y i thought of that lol) try wraping that.. that gives you contours and corners and stuff like that... but good luck an have fun with this!

zay52790

k i basically sanded the **** out of it and now i have to fill a sht load of little air bubles.
should i use resin on body filler to do this, sorry about the pics, my camera is bieng wierd and wont transfer pics to the comp. but i think it might turn out ok,
also, im thinking of painting either black witha mettalic flake, the same as the car, or wrapping it in fake black leather. also, how would i go about getting a really smooth surface for the poaint, i heard somwhere that if you mix resin and body filler and paint it on it give a smooth finish
thanks alot for the advice guys, i sorta already blew the money for the fiberglass and started the thing so i guess its a little late to practice now.

i wanna hopefully get it done over the weekend, im starting getting annoyed by the fact that the only thing i can really listen to right now is my bass test music, lol

bryce712

subscribed i cant wait to see some pics.

mesatrin

After you put the body fill on a way to make sure it is smooth. Take some paint that is some color different than what your body fill dries to.

Spray on a fairly light coat of the paint and then proceed to sand it down.

You will see all the shallow areas because they will be left painted after you have sanded off the coating of paint from the higher areas.

To fix you can either continue to sand or try to add another layer of body fill and try to fill in the shallow spots. Either way you are going to be doing more sanding.

To get body fill to a point where you can paint it, and not look crappy, you will be doing alot of sanding. You will need to step your way to the finest grit sand paper you can find. It is much easier to wrap it in something.

SilverBalt

go to that link i posted man!! its a great step by step!

zay52790

yea i checked the linked, it helped alot,
+rep

k i finally got my camera working, heres some pics.
when i wrapped the frame in cloth

after the fiberglass

after i cut the holes and put the stuff in place to see how everything fits


after i used that "milkshake batch" stuff(thanks for the link to that tutorial)

dc2loco

wow thats nice

silver_fox

ya i wouldn't suggest mounting your amp there, glass is easy to break you know...

SilverBalt

alright, glad i can help! i hope to be doin the same thin over the winter with my buddy.. looking good

zay52790

ya, i know, i put a few extra layers on there and around the speakers, also, im gonna keep parts of the mdf frame there so the amp will really be supported by mdf anyway, the fiberglass is just bieng used sorta as a skin and the strengthen some parts.
also, what do u guys think i should do to finish it, paint od leather(fake leather, i cant afford the real stuff although real leather for the deck would be pimp)
if i paint it i might be able to have a friend w/ a body shop paint it to match the car.

silver_fox

i meant your rear window...

EmperorJJ1

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do vinyl like me

zay52790

oh...that glass, i plan on limo tinting the back anyway, so i figure if its not really visable no one will steal it. Also, i think ill be ok, i live in a good part of town, and there are alot of nicer cars for people to break into.

do u have any pics of that, id like to see how it looks

EmperorJJ1

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ya i can get you some but ill pm them to you... im still working on a few things so i dont want to throw up pics till its done

zay52790

thanks, id really like to see how that looks

EmperorJJ1

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i should get pics to you tomarrow... havent had time to go to the shop

zay52790

cool, i actually wrapped mine and put it in already but id still like to see some pics of ur setup. Ill trhow up the pics of my finished deck soon.I wrapped mine in this vinyl stuff that looks like leather but is cheaper and more durable