Thread: Any fiberglass/'Vette Guys?

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i done alot of this work i done it with fiber gell and mat. i think your vett is smc .epoxy as said will work to with silica . the west system work s .do not use vett bond for this repair .you can clean out the spots with a grinder and i sand blasted it to seams to work good . i like to work the repair spot out as far as 2x the spot so i can get a good build up mat . work small pices of mat in the spots and work out like dave said till your abit hirer then panle .in the back is all open you can lay up some spots from the back side then open up from the out side i used a 8 inch soft pad with 40 or 36 for a good tooth till you just break thru the old panle then lay up the mat that way you have a inside and out side repair that will hold much better .i work on vettes but have done many of the flip hoods for semi s were some were deer hits and some like a droped hard boiled egg them i sand blasted . post heat if you can if smc may be good to it will not hurt

Yeah,Pat has it in one..ALWAYS repair from both sides if at all possible..You do get a better grip on SMC if its sand/grit blasted,plus,I use a small amount of gelcoat,and when I catalyze the brew,I put a few drops of cobalt in too,,,that makes you work a bit faster,and helps with the heat and bonding.I do this for a living,and have repaired a lot of Mack,Western Star KW,and Pete fronts,in fact,I have another W/Star coming in tomorrow,,hey,Dgas56,just flop ya Vette into an A4 sized envelope and post it to me,,Ill sort it for ya...

Dgas56, all of the info given tells you to repair from both sides if you can, and to add mat/fiber to the mix. I am a fiberglass rookie, too, and I am learning as I go. Your question was can you use resin alone to "glue" the damaged spot back together, and the answer is "No". Resin alone is quite brittle and it will not be a lasting repair. You have to have new fibers in the mix for strength, using the resin to glue the new fibers into place like the aggregate in concrete - mortar alone is not so strong, but it glues the rocks together.