While in Rayne, I met a great guy. Bill O'Grady. He has a product that can be
used for fiberglass repairs that sets with UV light. If you can work with this
stuff in the shade or indoors you can play with it forever, but as soon as it is
exposed to UV light it sets up completely in 3 minutes. It is laced with glass
fibers and is really amazing stuff. The product is called "Solarez" They have a
website at http://www.solarez.com. This was developed by Bill and I believe his
brother in law. I don't think he is part of this news group but you can get a
hold of him at BILLOG55 Really great person and he knows his stuff.
He's been involved in the fiberglass business for over 20 years, IIRC.
Darren
>
> While we're on the subject; I've seen references to glass fiber or glass
> beads that can be used with fiberglass resin. Does anyone know of a source
> for this stuff. The body filler that Bondo sells is some sort of a soft
> polymer and is a pretty useless stuff. I would be nice if there were a
> similar product that was glass filled.
>
> Dick Kennedy
>
> '75 PB
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:51:54 -0500
> >From: Dick Kennedy
> >Subject: GMC: Fiberglass Woes
> >
> >What started out as a simple patch job
> >has turned into a mess. I was out of
> >fiberglass resin so went out and bought
> >a new quart of Bondo brand
> >polyester resin. When I got the can I
> >greased the cap with vaseline to keep
> >it free.
> >
> >I needed a flat piece to glass over the
> >old furnace ports so the idea was
> >to put a piece of matt on piece of glass
> >and embed it with resin. Then when
> >it sets I could put it in place over the
> >holes. Sounds easy doesn't it?
> >
> >The first try I laid waxed paper on a
> >piece of glass then fiberglass matt &
> >poured resin over that. I went real
> >light on the hardener on this one.
> >After two days it's a gooey mess.
> >
> >The second try I got a new piece of
> >glass, cleaned it with amonia then
> >applied the matt and resin directly to
> >it. Only this time I used about a
> >50% excess of hardener. After 24 hours
> >including and hour in the oven it's
> >still a gooey mess.
> >
> >Next I poured a little bit of resin in a
> >cup & added a couple of drops of
> >hardener. It didn't set after an hour so
> >I took another cup with a small
> >amount and added several drops of
> >hardener. After 12 hours the last cup is
> >set but only in the part that was fully
> >mixed.
> >
> >I've been patching things with
> >fiberglass since the seventies doing
> >everything from snowmobiles to the
> >transom in my boat and have never had a
> >problem. The only good part here is that
> >I haven't applied any of this goo
> >to the GMC.
> >
> >Has anyone else run into similar
> >problems using fiberglass? I don't think
> >I'n doing anything out of the ordinary
> >but could use a sanity check.
> >
> >Dick Kennedy
> >'75 PB
> >
> >
- --
Darren Paget
76 Experimental
Another Fab Day
http://www.TZEplus.com
used for fiberglass repairs that sets with UV light. If you can work with this
stuff in the shade or indoors you can play with it forever, but as soon as it is
exposed to UV light it sets up completely in 3 minutes. It is laced with glass
fibers and is really amazing stuff. The product is called "Solarez" They have a
website at http://www.solarez.com. This was developed by Bill and I believe his
brother in law. I don't think he is part of this news group but you can get a
hold of him at BILLOG55 Really great person and he knows his stuff.
He's been involved in the fiberglass business for over 20 years, IIRC.
Darren
>
> While we're on the subject; I've seen references to glass fiber or glass
> beads that can be used with fiberglass resin. Does anyone know of a source
> for this stuff. The body filler that Bondo sells is some sort of a soft
> polymer and is a pretty useless stuff. I would be nice if there were a
> similar product that was glass filled.
>
> Dick Kennedy
>
> '75 PB
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:51:54 -0500
> >From: Dick Kennedy
> >Subject: GMC: Fiberglass Woes
> >
> >What started out as a simple patch job
> >has turned into a mess. I was out of
> >fiberglass resin so went out and bought
> >a new quart of Bondo brand
> >polyester resin. When I got the can I
> >greased the cap with vaseline to keep
> >it free.
> >
> >I needed a flat piece to glass over the
> >old furnace ports so the idea was
> >to put a piece of matt on piece of glass
> >and embed it with resin. Then when
> >it sets I could put it in place over the
> >holes. Sounds easy doesn't it?
> >
> >The first try I laid waxed paper on a
> >piece of glass then fiberglass matt &
> >poured resin over that. I went real
> >light on the hardener on this one.
> >After two days it's a gooey mess.
> >
> >The second try I got a new piece of
> >glass, cleaned it with amonia then
> >applied the matt and resin directly to
> >it. Only this time I used about a
> >50% excess of hardener. After 24 hours
> >including and hour in the oven it's
> >still a gooey mess.
> >
> >Next I poured a little bit of resin in a
> >cup & added a couple of drops of
> >hardener. It didn't set after an hour so
> >I took another cup with a small
> >amount and added several drops of
> >hardener. After 12 hours the last cup is
> >set but only in the part that was fully
> >mixed.
> >
> >I've been patching things with
> >fiberglass since the seventies doing
> >everything from snowmobiles to the
> >transom in my boat and have never had a
> >problem. The only good part here is that
> >I haven't applied any of this goo
> >to the GMC.
> >
> >Has anyone else run into similar
> >problems using fiberglass? I don't think
> >I'n doing anything out of the ordinary
> >but could use a sanity check.
> >
> >Dick Kennedy
> >'75 PB
> >
> >
- --
Darren Paget
76 Experimental
Another Fab Day
http://www.TZEplus.com
