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Re: Making Fiberglass parts?

To: Bill Bennett <bennevl@bellsouth.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Making Fiberglass parts?
From: W S Potter <wester6935@attbi.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 15:59:55 -0800
GELCOAT!

WES

on 1/5/03 12:02 PM, Bill Bennett at bennevl@bellsouth.net wrote:

> Okay I have a need to make some parts out of fiberglass. I have the
> originals made out steel, but they are way to heavy. In looking at the parts
> they aren't very irregular shapped or compound curves. My thoughts were to
> use the orginals as a plug and use liquid expanding foam to make a mold. Now
> here is where I get lost. What do I need to do to finish the foam surface to
> start laying up fiberglass? Once the the part halves are pulled from the
> mold I would just bond the halves together.
> 
> Bill "Pokey" Bennett

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