Rear Quarterpannels

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Heres a couple ideas that you should keep in mind…

Some things to have on hand:

A bunch of 1 inch chip paint brushes. (used to apply the resin. You can only use one brush, for each application. It dries very hard on the brush, and bonds the fibers together. Its best to have a pile of them to work with)

A small PLASTIC container to mix the resin in. Like a margarine container, something that you plan on throwing out when your done. (the extra resin will harden in the container. Before mixing more resin in the container, you can “pop” out the old hardened resin, in one big chunk. Giving you a clean container to mix more in)

When mixing the fiberglass resin with the hardener, a couple drops of the liquid hardener is fine… It dries fairly quickly, especially in the heat… (always have extra hardener on hand… you get a tiny tube, but a lot of resin… makes no sense)

When mixing the resin & hardener, mix only the amount you will be using in the next couple minutes, thats how fast it dries. Have the fiberglass strips pre-cut, and ready to go. Apply the resin mixture to the metal, then apply the fiberglass, then apply more resin, over the fiberglass cloth. It will be messy. The fiberglass will try and stick to the chip brush that you’re using to apply the resin. Its okay to hold part of the strip of fiberglass with bare skin. It will eventually wash off… and it wont hurt… much. =)

Work using smaller pieces of fiberglass… (8 inches long is plenty) The bigger the strip, the harder it is to be in control of where it wants to stick.

Always work outdoors, and not in a closed garage. The fumes are highly toxic. I’ll tell you to wear goggles, even though i don’t wear them myself. The resin / hardener mixture is very very toxic!

Its okay if you get drips of resin down the side of the door or quarter panel, or whatever. Just let it dry, COMPLETELY, and its easily sanded off. Same goes for over applying in an area, thats fine. Its better to over apply, then under apply. Let it dry -totally- then sand. That easy.

Thats all I can think of for now… Anything else… just ask!

Travis

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great info IdntGlwIglisten

resin is the fiberglass body filler rigght???

to make a long storie short

you gring down the rust
cut the strips of fiberglass cloth
mix fiberglass resin with hardner,
apply over the strips which are on the rust areas.
then when the resin is dry, do you put normal body filler on it?? then sand it down???

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Mugen_r:

(resin is the fiberglass body filler rigght???) —

Basically. Its a glue like material that comes in a metal container. Its not the body filler in itself… It chemically reacts with the fiberglass cloth, to form a solid material.

(then when the resin is dry, do you put normal body filler on it?? then sand it down???) —

Yes. You got it.

note: You can build up layers of fiberglass cloth, before waiting for the resin to dry. Example - 3 or 4 layers of fiberglass cloth, in one application is not unordinary. (one application meaning, not waiting for the resin to dry, just layering up the fiberglass cloth, before everything has dried.)

I guess thats about. Anything else, just ask.

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ARCHIVETHIS

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i need fiberglass cloth right? not fiberglass mat??

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Cloth

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This would be a good teg tip

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You’re right. Maybe I’ll type one out… In a question and answer like form… When I’m not busy. =) I should have some pictures and what not too… Good idea.

-Travis