cheers to glassers
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cheers to glassers
im making a roof vent and fiberglass sun roof for my rex...I thought it would be cool...so i mocked up a posterboard model to scale...mounted it to my steel sunroof and use newsprint and flour paste to give it some rigidity...now i am in the process of glassing the vent...damn is glassing hard...air bubbles suck!!
anyway i now have new respect for glassers.
here are some pics...
any words of advice would be cool...
anyway i now have new respect for glassers.
here are some pics...
any words of advice would be cool...
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hmmm. thats a cool idea. i was going to do a roof vent awhile back, but i never got around to it.
I hear what youre saying about it being hard. Ive done some fiberglassing/bondo before. Time consuming. What are you going to do to hold it to the roof real sturdy. Im thinking some really short screws counter-sunk(sp) on the edges(if theres room), then bondo and glaze it. Should be cool.
I hear what youre saying about it being hard. Ive done some fiberglassing/bondo before. Time consuming. What are you going to do to hold it to the roof real sturdy. Im thinking some really short screws counter-sunk(sp) on the edges(if theres room), then bondo and glaze it. Should be cool.
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im going to put flex hose coming into the cabin from the vent...to keep things cool...im doing this cuz im removing the climate control system...
im also gonna glass a new sunroof...and attach this vent to that...probaly glass them together.
im also gonna glass a new sunroof...and attach this vent to that...probaly glass them together.
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Neat idea!
reminds me of the plastic vents on the old 70's conversion vans.
vent looks a little tall, it'll attract a lot of attention. mabye shorter?
they do make urethane hood vents that could be used for this.
vent looks a little tall, it'll attract a lot of attention. mabye shorter?
they do make urethane hood vents that could be used for this.
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Air bubbles,, huh ? you want to know how to not have all the air bubbles ??.
use a paint roller to spread the resin to 'wet-out ' the cloth first, then a metal roller, to roll out any air bubbles.
use a paint roller to spread the resin to 'wet-out ' the cloth first, then a metal roller, to roll out any air bubbles.
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