I'm planning on making some nice enclosures that fit between the strut tower and teh rear of my FC. I was going to lay down a butt-load of waxpaper on the floor and side of the interior, then lay and slobber the area with fiberglass to make the rear, and make the front and top out of 1/2" MDF. Just wondering if you guys for-see any problems with the waxpaper idea, and if it would be sturdy enough for a 10" power acoustics.

 

there is a guy on here making fiberglass enclosers for the rear behind the shock towers i dont know ifhe completed them yet but you can look for his thread

 

you may want to lay towels down behind the wax paper so the heat from the curing glass won't warp the plastic....

 

How hot does that fiberglass get when it's curing? When I was using it for the bodywork I don't remember any real heat coming off it.

 

use some cling-film, held down with a few layers of masking tape. That way, you'll have a totally waterproof seal.

The heat from the curing fibreglass is about 25 degrees C at most, nothing to worry about

 

i've got the fubr power acoustiks, 600rms, dvc 4ohm, matched with a 1200x1@2ohm amp and i'm surprised my mdf 3/4" hasn't been blown apart. they're beasts.

 

are you planning on using the body filler putty or resin..... some of the resins I've used have gotten very hot... I actually melted a storage bin in an explorer we were molding a box too.... I would say the resin I used got much hotter than 25C
-Nic

 

I think you can use tin foil to, never done it myself, but thats what I have read.

 

Resin, and when I was doing the body work I managed to get a good deal of it all over my gloves during the process and it didn't feel cold, but not warm or hot either. I think it might depend on the resin type maybe. I used the polyurethane stuff.

Maybe I should just buy a cheap drop cloth and see if that works. Will the fiberglass release from a plastic surface like that, or will I just have to apply fiberglass to the backside as well?

 

spyder was the one who made the ones behind the strut towers... they were awsome

 

If you're using the urethane type you should be fine. I used the simple fiberglass resin... On top of that it's also dependent on how much of the curing(hardening) solution you use. If you use plastic it may stick. Tin foil will work best probably... insulates heat and also shouldn't stick especially if you cover it in some vaseline or spray pam on it.
-Nic