I second that on the expanding foam; it holds water and will rot your body faster than you can say swiss cheese. I'm now disposing of a '62 Beetle that was 'customised' using foam........... Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben S" <phlogiston420@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:53 PM Subject: composite bodywork and painting questions
>i am in the process of doing a hack job repairing some rather severe > body damage to my van and have a couple of questions. i was able to > hammer the damaged panel to within an inch or so of the panel it > seperated from, now i plan to fiberglass over the gap. i am planning > to tape over the gap from the outside, spray in some expanding foam > then sand it into shape to form a base for the glass. what i'm > wondering about is the best way to keep the fiberglass from sliding > down the side of the vertical surface while i wait for the resin to > set. i was thinking of taping the top of the fiber to some metal then > coming back later to put resin on the topmost part after the rest has > set. but i also saw that bondo makes a "jelly resin". has anyone had > experience with this? is it a good "non sag" solution for putting a > lot of glass on a vertical surface? any other suggestions on getting > this to stick? > > next question: i'm going to do a nice hack paint job over my hack > body work. i was thinking of using rust oleum rusty metal primer and > then some matte black brush applied paint. anyone know if this is > compatible with whatever vw paint i dont sand off? anyone have a rec > of good brand of paint? > > thanks. > > Ben. > |
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