Thread: Fleece+Resin and then fibreglass???

Mask off everything and assume you are going to make a mess. Stretch the fleece as tight as you can...and then stretch it more! If there is even a hint of a wrinkle it will only be intensified by adding the resin...and even a little wrinkle can cause hours of painfull sanding in the end. Apply tons of resin to the fleece until it is soaked through. Very little will actually make it through the fleece fabric but you never know. Make sure there is plenty of ventilation and wear a mask. When the piece has cured pull it out and if you can, add layers to the back side instead of the front (again, this will save you sanding time). When it is thick enough, use bondo on the front to get a smooth finish. Bondo is 1000 times easier to sand than fiberglass resin so keep this in mind throughout your project. Sand the bondo using 100 grit, add more bondo if you need to touch things up, sand again with 100 grit, then go over it with 250 grit, then paint or vinyl it. (carpet is fine too, but it won't show off your hours of standing as well as paint or vinyl)

Hey! What a quick reply! Thanks.

I was indeed planning to use black garbage bags for masking...:-) Maybe it would be easier to take the seats out...Nah! Hmm, need to think about what to mask with then. Or just be REALLY careful and only bring on very little resin at a time. I can lean over the car from the outside since it is a convertible. The I should be pretty safe.

A question. Can I just add some resin to maintain the shape and then soak up the fleece with more resin AFTER the first resin has dried? I think yes, but have you ever tried such an approach?

Crap, crap, crap!!! It is raining, raining and raining. And even a bit of snowing!!! Come on weathergods, I need sunshine to do this!

Hmm, maybe in the weekend?

BAF

Aaaand that went to hell...:-)

Finally the sun came back and spring was in the air. Get outside, line up the tinfoil, was too lazy to tape. On with the fleece. Could not secure it to the firewall, no place really to secure it. On with the resin and all that happened was that as soon as the brush touched the fleece, the fleece stuck to the brush and the whole fleece blanket started to move out of position. I managed to soak up the fleece quite a bit, dang that fleece is thirsty, but in the end I decided not to continue. It didn't stick to the firewall like I wanted to. Too many folds. So I took everything out and now I am going to do it with chop mat...Seems like the old and trusted way works the best. Will finish this on thursday, if the sun shines that is.

Fleece only works if you can stretch it and glue and/or staple it securely into place.

Yeah, I know that...after failing...:-) Will give it a second try, but this time with chop mat like all the big boys do. Oh well, live and learn.

I would so take my interior out. I took it out of my car so that I could fiberglass and run all the wires without worrying about the seats and carpet. I could only imagine the z3 would be easier cause its smaller then my sunfire.