Fiberglass

Clearcreekcustom66 · Post by **Clearcreekcustom66** » July 1, 2007, 11:49 pm

Has anyone read or watched any videos or books on how to fiberglass that they felt was worth a persons time and money? Any help would be great. Trying to find someone who knows how to work with fiberglass in a small town is a hard one. thank you
jason nelson

Post by **Greg D** » July 2, 2007, 1:44 am

I don't know of any books or videos on glass. Is there a boat dealers / repair shops or a body shop that specializes in vettes anywhere near you?

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » July 2, 2007, 9:22 am

hey there clearcreekcustom66 finally a neighbor to me lol, what kind of fiberglass work are you looking to do? A repair is easy to figure out if your going to just patch up a panel, if your trying to make something out of it thats alot more work, I can walk you through a patch repair with "angel hair" if thats what you need to do

ripsnorter · Post by **ripsnorter** » July 2, 2007, 10:55 am

I did glas work from the time I was 8 years old til i was about 18 in the family business. I HATE it.

it is however not very complicated. I dont know of any videos or books, but like shawn, i can guide you through some of it.

64slick · Post by **64slick** » July 2, 2007, 11:01 am

fiberglass is basically kinda like puttin mud on, well maybe, to me it is to others it may not be, you mix the resin the same way and use a brush instead of a paddle, what you wantin to glass up anyway?

killercoating · Post by **killercoating** » July 2, 2007, 2:48 pm

Clear Creek - PM me I can help you out...

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » July 2, 2007, 7:08 pm

Hey guys. Go to West Marine's website. They have a great tutorial for fiberglass work and the West System Epoxy is a great product. I have my own little job brewing that I'll let you know about if it works out.
U@ss
www.westmarine.com ???

FORDMANLCRACKEL · Post by **FORDMANLCRACKEL** » July 2, 2007, 8:38 pm

Here ya go!!!!

http://www.fibreglast.com/showproducts- ... s-118.html

Lonnie

killercoating · Post by **killercoating** » July 2, 2007, 9:54 pm

I have a set of the GlassMan dvd's, they walk you through everything... it's a 9 dvd's covering everything including gauge pods, sub boxes, kick panels, rear deck... the list goes on and on...

don't know if there still available, as the site doesn't seem to have the store running any longer though.

Clearcreekcustom66 · Post by **Clearcreekcustom66** » July 5, 2007, 12:36 am

First of all thank you all for your replies and offers to help me out i really appreciate it. Shawn you maybe a greenie but ill still be more than happy to take your help. Up here in wyoming we can tell when its spring because the license plates turn green. Maybe someone out there will get that one. What i am thinking about doing is a big on taking for my project i want to do a tonnue cover with curly maple ribs and frame. i was thinking about making it out steel or aluminum something i am really familiar with but wanted it to be light and unique. you guys have any ideas of how to accomplish this. i was thinking bout build the frame and stretching the cloth over but how could i make it smooth and level? let me know if you guys think.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » July 5, 2007, 8:21 am

Clearcreek. I see you are from where the deer and the antelope lay all over I-25.

There is another member from WY who doesn't post much in here, but has a really sweet '64 shorty. His name is Ray and he's in/around Guernsey somewhere. He and his wife Carla are super nice people.

Best o' luck on the fiberglass.

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » July 5, 2007, 9:22 am

Clearcreekcustom66 wrote:First of all thank you all for your replies and offers to help me out i really appreciate it. Shawn you maybe a greenie but ill still be more than happy to take your help. Up here in wyoming we can tell when its spring because the license plates turn green. Maybe someone out there will get that one.

lmao thats funny as heck, never ever heard anyone say that even some of my best friends from wyoming that now live in colorado because they got tired of all the sucking up there.

I guess thats because nebraska blows?

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » July 5, 2007, 9:50 pm

Well, in some parts when the green grass grows, the cows get the shits and there's cow dung all over every real ranch truck.

Am I close to the Wyoming definition?

Clearcreekcustom66 · Post by **Clearcreekcustom66** » July 5, 2007, 11:15 pm

well first shawn we all know what happen when the smartest person from co moved to wyoming. the iq of both states dropped.

Johnny its true bout the antalope its the state that has more of them then people. thanks for the heads up on ray ill have to search for him. my gf lives bout forty minutes from there.

Cd the only prob with your def is its not green here. but besides that pretty close oh you forgot about the wind.