Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two)

Kyle Anderson · 01-03-2009, 02:41 PM

Making a mold by stretching material over... that's new to me. Usually it's tape, foil, and sometimes mold release, or just straight wax and mold release. That has got to be hard to work with.. not to mention it really limits the shape and complexity of pieces you can mold.

***sdime98*** · 01-03-2009, 02:46 PM

huh?

i made a mold of the console, tape and foil, and the tubing, that the gauges slid down into in the picture, and thats what was being stretched over...

very rough draft, only pic i have of this part of the build, tubing is crooked obviously...

Matt93 · 01-25-2009, 09:49 PM

Ok so my dash is TOTALLY cracked and like cracks when you put pressure on it. Is there any way I can still fiberglass over this, or am i better off making a new dash from scratch? BTW, your work is friggen SICK!!!

Deja_Vu969 · 01-28-2009, 08:15 PM

So im thinking of eventually fiberglassing some parts in my truck.

Considering the costs of glassing (it seems a bit pricey) im only going to do certain parts with glass (headliner and a few other things)...the rest i want to smooth. Can you tell the difference between smoothing and glassing with the finished product? I mean assuming i wet sand them to their full potential...are there any noticeable differences?

mccord · 01-31-2009, 05:02 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Deja_Vu969

So im thinking of eventually fiberglassing some parts in my truck.

Considering the costs of glassing (it seems a bit pricey) im only going to do certain parts with glass (headliner and a few other things)...the rest i want to smooth. Can you tell the difference between smoothing and glassing with the finished product? I mean assuming i wet sand them to their full potential...are there any noticeable differences?

painting them both would look the same. you basically fiberglass something when you wanna shave parts or change things or make things. like the guy a few posts up is makin a guage pod for his airguages. that would need to be glassed obviously but if you want to paint ur door panels but leave them looking factory design then u would just sand them smooth and paint.

Deja_Vu969 · 02-01-2009, 10:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mccord

painting them both would look the same. you basically fiberglass something when you wanna shave parts or change things or make things. like the guy a few posts up is makin a guage pod for his airguages. that would need to be glassed obviously but if you want to paint ur door panels but leave them looking factory design then u would just sand them smooth and paint.

Alright...thats what i though. Ive been looking at it for a couple months on here now and couldnt really see a difference. The only thing that i really want to glass right now is my headliner...besides that.....Im not really sure yet. So i am gonna start tearing apart my truck this summer

mccord · 02-02-2009, 11:26 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Deja_Vu969

Alright...thats what i though. Ive been looking at it for a couple months on here now and couldnt really see a difference. The only thing that i really want to glass right now is my headliner...besides that.....Im not really sure yet. So i am gonna start tearing apart my truck this summer

just make sure when u sand down ur headliner after its glassed to block it and make it all smooth..just like body work if its not straight b4 u paint it u will see all the waves and stuff more so with dark colors

Deja_Vu969 · 02-02-2009, 12:29 PM

Ill remember that one...Im looking to just rattle can it black with a coat or two of clear. Im hoping it wont be to hard to do as a first project. Im gonna fill in the dips for the visors because i hate them...and im gonna redo the dome light somehow with led light bars somewhere else.
Thanks for the pointers though

mccord · 02-02-2009, 01:05 PM

i have dome light out of a silverado in mine like 2000 bodystyle i think. looks alot better than the s10 factory one and u just have to trim to hole in ur headliner just a tiny bit to make it fit

Deja_Vu969 · 02-02-2009, 04:54 PM

Ill look into that one. I might go with an overhead console also...but that all depends on how clean i am looking to go.
I was thinking of flush mounting plexi above both seats with an led strip in each one parallel to the side doors...but thats not exactly beginner work there...haha

anALLSHOx · 02-10-2009, 03:02 PM

holy crap this thread is amazing..

DMP · 06-10-2009, 02:31 AM

Very nice work Nick. Im impressed. I gotta get into fiberglass myself.

92littleredrocket · 07-27-2009, 11:57 PM

that was a great right up. now i wanna fiberglass. i wanna do my headliner, so would i want to take the board piece that is up there and put fabric around that realy tite and then fiberglass over the fabric?

Mr.woodscrewsNbondo · 07-28-2009, 11:25 PM

ive got about half my speaker box fiberglassed, can i just put resin on the sides to make it paintable, or should i just go ahead and get some more mat,

here is a pic of the front as on now, the sides are just bare mdf

mccord · 08-05-2009, 05:52 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by dustin42069

ive got about half my speaker box fiberglassed, can i just put resin on the sides to make it paintable, or should i just go ahead and get some more mat,

here is a pic of the front as on now, the sides are just bare mdf

u can paint straight mdf if u wanted

Mr.woodscrewsNbondo · 08-05-2009, 10:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mccord

u can paint straight mdf if u wanted

ya but it soaks up a lot of paint, and theirs a lot of messed up corners/sides that are a little to long

zeldalord · 10-20-2009, 01:02 AM

nick is god imo

01-03-2009, 02:41 PM	#851
Kyle Anderson Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Manistee, MI User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Making a mold by stretching material over... that's new to me. Usually it's tape, foil, and sometimes mold release, or just straight wax and mold release. That has got to be hard to work with.. not to mention it really limits the shape and complexity of pieces you can mold.
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01-03-2009, 02:46 PM	#852
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) huh? i made a mold of the console, tape and foil, and the tubing, that the gauges slid down into in the picture, and thats what was being stretched over... very rough draft, only pic i have of this part of the build, tubing is crooked obviously...
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01-25-2009, 09:49 PM	#853
Matt93 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 259 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Ok so my dash is TOTALLY cracked and like cracks when you put pressure on it. Is there any way I can still fiberglass over this, or am i better off making a new dash from scratch? BTW, your work is friggen SICK!!!
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01-28-2009, 08:15 PM	#854
Deja_Vu969 Eric Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,890 Location: Philly... User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) So im thinking of eventually fiberglassing some parts in my truck. Considering the costs of glassing (it seems a bit pricey) im only going to do certain parts with glass (headliner and a few other things)...the rest i want to smooth. Can you tell the difference between smoothing and glassing with the finished product? I mean assuming i wet sand them to their full potential...are there any noticeable differences?
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01-31-2009, 05:02 AM	#855
mccord "SHOW TIME PRIME" Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,031 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Quote: Originally Posted by Deja_Vu969 So im thinking of eventually fiberglassing some parts in my truck. Considering the costs of glassing (it seems a bit pricey) im only going to do certain parts with glass (headliner and a few other things)...the rest i want to smooth. Can you tell the difference between smoothing and glassing with the finished product? I mean assuming i wet sand them to their full potential...are there any noticeable differences? painting them both would look the same. you basically fiberglass something when you wanna shave parts or change things or make things. like the guy a few posts up is makin a guage pod for his airguages. that would need to be glassed obviously but if you want to paint ur door panels but leave them looking factory design then u would just sand them smooth and paint.
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02-01-2009, 10:34 PM	#856
Deja_Vu969 Eric Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,890 Location: Philly... User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Quote: Originally Posted by mccord painting them both would look the same. you basically fiberglass something when you wanna shave parts or change things or make things. like the guy a few posts up is makin a guage pod for his airguages. that would need to be glassed obviously but if you want to paint ur door panels but leave them looking factory design then u would just sand them smooth and paint. Alright...thats what i though. Ive been looking at it for a couple months on here now and couldnt really see a difference. The only thing that i really want to glass right now is my headliner...besides that.....Im not really sure yet. So i am gonna start tearing apart my truck this summer
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02-02-2009, 11:26 AM	#857
mccord "SHOW TIME PRIME" Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,031 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Quote: Originally Posted by Deja_Vu969 Alright...thats what i though. Ive been looking at it for a couple months on here now and couldnt really see a difference. The only thing that i really want to glass right now is my headliner...besides that.....Im not really sure yet. So i am gonna start tearing apart my truck this summer just make sure when u sand down ur headliner after its glassed to block it and make it all smooth..just like body work if its not straight b4 u paint it u will see all the waves and stuff more so with dark colors
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02-02-2009, 12:29 PM	#858
Deja_Vu969 Eric Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,890 Location: Philly... User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Ill remember that one...Im looking to just rattle can it black with a coat or two of clear. Im hoping it wont be to hard to do as a first project. Im gonna fill in the dips for the visors because i hate them...and im gonna redo the dome light somehow with led light bars somewhere else. Thanks for the pointers though
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02-02-2009, 01:05 PM	#859
mccord "SHOW TIME PRIME" Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,031 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) i have dome light out of a silverado in mine like 2000 bodystyle i think. looks alot better than the s10 factory one and u just have to trim to hole in ur headliner just a tiny bit to make it fit
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02-02-2009, 04:54 PM	#860
Deja_Vu969 Eric Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,890 Location: Philly... User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Ill look into that one. I might go with an overhead console also...but that all depends on how clean i am looking to go. I was thinking of flush mounting plexi above both seats with an led strip in each one parallel to the side doors...but thats not exactly beginner work there...haha
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02-10-2009, 03:02 PM	#861
anALLSHOx Forvm Lurker Age: 24 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 759 Location: Vegas. User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) holy crap this thread is amazing..
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06-10-2009, 02:31 AM	#862
DMP Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,140 Location: Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Very nice work Nick. Im impressed. I gotta get into fiberglass myself.
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07-27-2009, 11:57 PM	#863
92littleredrocket Registered User Age: 16 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 100 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) that was a great right up. now i wanna fiberglass. i wanna do my headliner, so would i want to take the board piece that is up there and put fabric around that realy tite and then fiberglass over the fabric?
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07-28-2009, 11:25 PM	#864
Mr.woodscrewsNbondo rolling work in progress Age: 19 Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,288 Location: nlr ar User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) ive got about half my speaker box fiberglassed, can i just put resin on the sides to make it paintable, or should i just go ahead and get some more mat, here is a pic of the front as on now, the sides are just bare mdf Last edited by Mr.woodscrewsNbondo : 07-28-2009 at 11:28 PM.
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08-05-2009, 05:52 PM	#865
mccord "SHOW TIME PRIME" Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,031 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Quote: Originally Posted by dustin42069 ive got about half my speaker box fiberglassed, can i just put resin on the sides to make it paintable, or should i just go ahead and get some more mat, here is a pic of the front as on now, the sides are just bare mdf u can paint straight mdf if u wanted
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08-05-2009, 10:54 PM	#866
Mr.woodscrewsNbondo rolling work in progress Age: 19 Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,288 Location: nlr ar User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) Quote: Originally Posted by mccord u can paint straight mdf if u wanted ya but it soaks up a lot of paint, and theirs a lot of messed up corners/sides that are a little to long
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10-20-2009, 01:02 AM	#867
zeldalord Cornerin Demon Age: 25 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,158 Location: Little Rock User is: OffLine	Re: Teaching Fiberglass (part one and two) nick is god imo
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