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Post by rye on Apr 29, 2005 2:25:33 GMT -5
Do you think it would be feasable to attach fiberglass-glass? I have an idea I'd like to try with my liftback....
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Post by blck87gtconv on Apr 29, 2005 2:36:04 GMT -5
...what do you mean? Attach fiberglass to glass?
I'm sure if you etched up the surface enough, it'd be doable. Epoxy works well, too.
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Post by garbled on Apr 29, 2005 10:41:59 GMT -5
It's allways better to attach FG to steel with epoxy. Assuming of course, you cannot use any types of screws to hold it in instead. Blk87 is correct though.. it has to be bare metal, ideally sanded to about 40-80 grit roughness.
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Post by phillk6751 on Apr 29, 2005 13:10:38 GMT -5
I'm not sure but i'm getting the idea that maybe he's planning on making a see-through hood or something?
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Post by 4thgenceli on Apr 29, 2005 13:42:24 GMT -5
Check his post in Photoshop. He wants a fiberglass hatch.
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Post by rye on Apr 29, 2005 18:25:24 GMT -5
 ;D It looks very sleek... if it could be pulled off...
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Post by garbled on Apr 30, 2005 10:28:11 GMT -5
Oh.. you want to do that... ok.. well...
Few questions then:
1) Is that curve around rear window all glass, or all solid, or just supposed to be a seamless transition between the stock glass and the solid peices between it?
What part of a piece of glass are you attempting to attach to fiberglass. I misread your first post.. Generally speaking the answer is "sorta no".
You cannot rough up glass and epoxy it to fiberglass very well..it's either going to break.. or pop off completely. What you can do is attach it similarly to how you attach a front windshield to a windshield frame, with that black goop. You just need to make an inner lip for it to attach to. After that.. you might be able to FG/bondo right up to the edge and try to make it look seamless.
Making that picture reality depends on exactly what that back half is supposed to represent...
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Post by rye on Apr 30, 2005 17:41:37 GMT -5
Yeah....it'd be a LOT of work and I need to concentrate on my engine for now... Just thought it could be a neat project...
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Post by garbled on May 1, 2005 1:35:41 GMT -5
Actually.. depending on what you want it to be.. (you didn't answer my question), it could be really easy. If it's all solid and filled in, that wouldn't take more than a few weeks.
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Post by rye on May 19, 2005 16:13:09 GMT -5
Ok how do you get fiberglass really smooth?
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Post by blck87gtconv on May 20, 2005 0:26:46 GMT -5
Ok how do you get fiberglass really smooth? Sanding it and plenty of primer, sanding, primer, sanding, primer, sanding.. you get the idea. |
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Post by rye on May 20, 2005 8:43:58 GMT -5
Ok... I'm in the process of putting a box in the trunk with fiberglass, I'll take some pictures shortly.
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Post by dansgts on May 20, 2005 16:52:20 GMT -5
^^thats my summer project, fiberglassin my subs in the trunk.
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Post by garbled on May 21, 2005 10:20:14 GMT -5
Be careful when sanding fiberglass. One of the biggest problems is that if you sand through the top layer of resin, you begin to sand the actual strands. These are much harder to sand than the resin, so you tend to create bumps. One way to do this is to use a few coats of primer, then get a different color primer, and top coat it. Now sand through the top layer, you will be able to see the high/low points in your color changes.
In some cases you can also use gloss paint, and the low spots will remain glossy.
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Post by rye on May 22, 2005 9:48:40 GMT -5
ok cool thanks
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;D
