I need some help on fiberglassing my interior. Just a basic run down will help me out alot. TY
obviously not cause its right there in the interior faq
jason full step by step would by great for just for places like the dash and the doors and the rear panel. i just want it be niceley painted and shinney.
Heres a link I have been using for my door panels.
Door Panels
well if your just wanting something smooth like mine(see first pic) best thing i would suggest is stay away from fiberglass, its not needed, just sand the plastic completely smooth and paint with an automotive exterior paint (primer it with a high build primer and wetsand with 400 grit before u use the paint)
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if you want something like this(see below) is when you want to use fiberglass basically the shapes such as for the gauges are usually just a wooden ring cut to hold the gauge, and they will make a framework to hold all the wood pieces, then wrap the piece in a stretchy absorbent material. something like t-shirt material or fleece or speaker grill cloth. then you mix the fiberglass resin. the container will tell you the proper mixture. what i do is use a cheap plastic container and basically mix up the same amount every time that way its quick and fast, will take you a few batches to get it right, i'll basically count out the drops of hardener you mix in. and if my batch takes to long to dry with the next batch i'l add a couple of drops. or if it hardens to fast i'll use a few lesss drops the next time places like selectproducts have measuring devices you can purchase to get the right mixture everytime but i havnt broken down and got them yet. also make sure you dont start out mixing large amounts, or youlle end up wasting allot. first time i tried it i mixed 1/4 the can and used way to much hardener so the stuff was rock hard before i even used 1/4 of it. big waste of money. so use small amounts until you get the hang of it. get rubber gloves. fiberglass is a pain if u get it on you. and pick up some acetone to clean things off. get allot of the cheapest brushes you can find too.tape or paper or plastic off anything near where your working, if u get fiberglass on carpet, it wont come out. once you get your first coat of fiberglass on you can start adding your cloth or mat i pefer cloth, some prefer mat. fiberglass gets its strength from the material, not from the fiberglass resin. so you need the cloth or mat for strength. cloth is stronger, but it takes more to build up an area, mat is less strong but you can build areas up quickerbecause its a bit thicker. one thing allot of people dont know is that you can do layer after layer of fiberglass and cloth all at once, when i start, i'll add resin to my stretched material, i'll let that dry so the object holds its shape, then i'll just add my resin soaked cloth to the shape and then just add later after layer until its all built up.only areas you can't do this is vertical surfaces where after a layer or two the weight will cause it to start sliding, or upside down surfaces. once its dry i'll quckly go over it with a sander to get any high chunks tooken care of, then hit it withsome filler.
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probably just gave you more questions then answers but thats the barest of basics. and its right after lunch so im tired so im sure i left some stuff out lol.
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Thanks sndsgood for the info it helps. I did painted the interior but it didn't come out that good. I did'nt use any automotive exterior paint here is a picture
from the other thread i read im guessing that i dont have to sand all the little bumps away but spray it with primer/filler?
snap posted in the wrong thread
you can do it either way black 99 cavalier, i just prefer to sand the texture off rather then beuilding an object up with extra material.
silverhawk, yeah it will look allot nicer with the automotive paint.
are the bottom of your door strikes painted? u should have that done will help it look allot cleaner when your showing it with the doors open.
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