Thread: Oh no not another Willys Gasser build, this time a Willys shop truck

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Originally Posted by lamin8r

Yup,,good idea on the holes.. Whenever I do a glass over ply,,I aways sand the ply well,or with disc grinder,,and slop a good strong coat of resin on it,,and let it sit over night.. Then scratch it up well in the morning,and get a good key to the top surface.. After a while,,(years) I have found a bit of de lamination with polyester resin,to ply..
I have been using a product called''bendy ply'' (down here),,on the 32 chassis,for a form fitting floor,,available in varying thickness..The last sheet I used was 1/4'',,with three layers of 600CSM mat over the top,,and another three on the bottom.. Makes for a bulletproof floor,,about 1/2'' plus thick..If we do a simple GOP floor here in NZ,,we have to put steel inserts inside each hole we drill through the floor,,to satisfy our certification process..

Glad to see I'm not the only one to use melteca(melamine) sheets for laying up flat sheet stock..Usually got a bit of varying thicknesses in stock,for the little jobs that pop up..

Yeah I use bendy ply all the time, amazing stuff, I did the floor of my Coupe with bendy ply and with 3 layers on each side its like a 3/8" steel sheet !!!

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Yeah I use bendy ply all the time, amazing stuff, I did the floor of my Coupe with bendy ply and with 3 layers on each side its like a 3/8" steel sheet !!!

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I think I will be using the bendy ply more often now,Steve.. Seems a little more cost effective than a solid glass floor,,that I have used in smaller floors.. Darn stuff costs as much to ship it down from Auckland,,as the cost of the sheet.. The good thing is,,that it comes with about three packing sheets,to protect it,,so I will never run out of stuff for patterns..