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    i have re bent glass parts with heat and cool with a wet rag you have to get it very hot a heat gun with some C clamps and gallon jugs filled for weight to pull and hold then then you get the strait flip them over prep them lay up some glass mat that should hold it
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    Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
    i have re bent glass parts with heat and cool with a wet rag you have to get it very hot a heat gun with some C clamps and gallon jugs filled for weight to pull and hold then then you get the strait flip them over prep them lay up some glass mat that should hold it
    Why go to all that trouble if yer gonna re-glass them any way.
    For sure they were popped too soon.
    Cut them/ re-glass and B done with it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DA34GUY View Post
    Why go to all that trouble if yer gonna re-glass them any way.
    For sure they were popped too soon.
    Cut them/ re-glass and B done with it.
    well hell i been there and done alot of glass and SMC work to he ask i am just telling him it can be done so he can do what ever he wants cut were?? done right he may not cut any thing and gass the under side of the boards were you will not see it .very hard to say what he has with out a photo??????????????????????
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    Sorry tryed uploading photos but failed each time, try again tommorow. I got the boards 6 months ago and don't remember them being warped like that. Probly to late to send back. Thanks for the input.

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