Fiberglass Work?
You cant learn fiberglass from some website its a trade that has to be done either by trial and error or a apprenticeship with a good installer. But if you really want to tackle fiberglass on your own try Select Products . All the serious installer get their supplies from these guys and they have good stuff but it dont come cheap.
http://www.caraudioresources.net/technical.html
http://www.carstereo.com/help/panels.cfm
http://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=62
http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/glassing/
http://www.sounddomain.com/id/jeep98
http://www.sounddomain.com/id/the1wagsjlguy
http://www.geocities.com/stevebang2000/car-audio.html
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http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/fibrglas.htm
http://chris.pfharlock.com/glass/
dont listen to him, you can learn anything from the internet you just have to try
http://www.carstereo.com/help/panels.cfm
http://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=62
http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/glassing/
http://www.sounddomain.com/id/jeep98
http://www.sounddomain.com/id/the1wagsjlguy
http://www.geocities.com/stevebang2000/car-audio.html
http://www.neneons.org/img/nb/
http://www.sounddomain.com/member_pa...page_id=338498
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...guid=102652614
http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/fibrglas.htm
http://chris.pfharlock.com/glass/
dont listen to him, you can learn anything from the internet you just have to try
There is a technique to it that's all. I worked a job for a Porsche race shop over the summer. I was building GT2 Cup car spoilers that we had molds of, bpdy kits, etc. It's real messy, but isn't so hard. You wouldn't be able to just start out building amp racks. Start easy and build your way up to more difficult things. I was going to make some tweeter pods to mount on the inside of the mirrors. You'll need resin, hardener, brushes, rollers, razor blades and obviously fiberglass cloth.
I usually lay 2 layers of fiberglass cloth, then a fiberglass "matte" finish piece over the top of that. Depending on the piece, you don't need the third layer of matte. But can substitute with a third layer of fiberglass cloth, using it to soak up as much of the resin already layed on the piece as you can. But for spoilers and stuff, people shelling out 1200 bucks would like a nice clean look.
The thing to realize, is that in fiberglass, more isn't better. You want the piece to be lightweight, but still have a good amount of strength. Using too much resin will make your pieces brittle. Air bubbles SUCK and you need to be quick and make sure you get them all out. There are tons of tricks that you can't really be told, but with a little common sense and experimenting, you should be able to figure it out.
Good luck, as for prices I didn't look at the above link, but a 5 gallon bucket-o-resin should cost ya around 100 bucks, and last quite awhile.
Rob
I usually lay 2 layers of fiberglass cloth, then a fiberglass "matte" finish piece over the top of that. Depending on the piece, you don't need the third layer of matte. But can substitute with a third layer of fiberglass cloth, using it to soak up as much of the resin already layed on the piece as you can. But for spoilers and stuff, people shelling out 1200 bucks would like a nice clean look.
The thing to realize, is that in fiberglass, more isn't better. You want the piece to be lightweight, but still have a good amount of strength. Using too much resin will make your pieces brittle. Air bubbles SUCK and you need to be quick and make sure you get them all out. There are tons of tricks that you can't really be told, but with a little common sense and experimenting, you should be able to figure it out.
Good luck, as for prices I didn't look at the above link, but a 5 gallon bucket-o-resin should cost ya around 100 bucks, and last quite awhile.
Rob
