need fibreglassing done

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:40 pm

hey dudes anyone local to welly able to glass my canopy back together ????? :mrgreen:

want to do this

bj · Post by bj » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:12 pm

hi there is a place in upperhutt called
DJI fiberglass ltd they do all sort of repairs etc
04 528 8848
cheers

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:23 pm

forgot to mention CHEAP/FREE/TRADE SERVICES am a ticketed welder including structural

skid · Post by **skid** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:48 pm

taz01 wrote:
want to do this

maaaaaate are you in luck

I'm sure I've got lots of spare orange paint around here somewhere

go on do it, you know you want to

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:56 pm

had an idea that would bring back memory's for ya skid............

sig · Post by **sig** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:07 pm

its not rocket science taz easy as bogging .if you see the boys at dji in upper hutt they will sell u the resin and hardener a hell of a lot cheaper than the shops .top blokes as well .if you bring your own clean containers they will fill them for u ,you will need a small glass one for the hardener though .an empty 1.25 coke or lemonade bottle will work for the resin .from memory thats were stinkys patrol came from .if you want chop strand mating pretty sure i,ve got a pile in the garage

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:19 pm

cheers sig sounds like id better have a crack at doing it myself if nobody else volunteers to do it for me :lol:

sig · Post by **sig** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:31 pm

honestly mate its easy ,just a little bit messy

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:31 pm

Sorry for the thread jack Taz.....this has got me thinking of a easier solutions to some of my problems :lol:

....Does this place in upperhutt sell the fibreglass mat aswell? If not where do you buy that from? How much approx. is the stuff to buy?

sig · Post by **sig** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:41 pm

how much do you need

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:45 pm

Whats wrong with a roll of duct tape Taz :lol:

seriously if you don't paint it orange we will :twisted:

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:49 pm

why ??..........what color do my trucks normally end up being and no never orange its been done.... :lol:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:30 pm

sig wrote:how much do you need

Who me??? I'm not sure, how much ya got :lol:

....happy to pay the price as per usual....i'm good at getting rid of your unwanted bits and pieces :lol:

Nizsafari · Post by **Nizsafari** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:42 am

taz01 wrote:cheers sig sounds like id better have a crack at doing it myself if nobody else volunteers to do it for me

Never done it before, but willin to give you a hand, blind leading the blind :wink:

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:33 am

Nizsafari wrote:
taz01 wrote:cheers sig sounds like id better have a crack at doing it myself if nobody else volunteers to do it for me

Never done it before, but willin to give you a hand, blind leading the blind

Yeah, Taz, you crank up the bbq, I will come and give it a crack

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:05 am

Bubba wrote:
Nizsafari wrote:
taz01 wrote:cheers sig sounds like id better have a crack at doing it myself if nobody else volunteers to do it for me

Never done it before, but willin to give you a hand, blind leading the blind

Yeah, Taz, you crank up the bbq, I will come and give it a crack

I will man the BBQ

I tried glassing once

turned out shite, so decided to leave it alone after that

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:35 pm

Went to DJI today....had to have a go at this

.....Bloody top bloke really nice guy. Had ago this arvo and turned out nice so im going to continue to stich the vitara body back together with it over the top of the welds.....bloody paper thin zook metal :lol:

Good luck taz....the shit is cheap and its easy enough to do.....buy some of them 90c paint brushes from bunnings....nearly used dads ones......geez would i of had a sore ear :lol:

fearless · Post by **fearless** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:45 pm

Had the same idea for mine after seeing that truck on outerlimits,then decided to just lose the canopy all together.

Thought you were gonna chop the back off and build a tray?

tgaguy1 · Post by **tgaguy1** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:08 pm

mroffroader wrote:.....buy some of them 90c paint brushes from bunnings....nearly used dads ones......geez would i of had a sore ear

You can clean up all your gear using laundry power and water. Alot cheaper than the solvents.

Pedro · Post by **Pedro** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:13 pm

tgaguy1 wrote:
mroffroader wrote:.....buy some of them 90c paint brushes from bunnings....nearly used dads ones......geez would i of had a sore ear

You can clean up all your gear using laundry power and water. Alot cheaper than the solvents.

get the cheap brushes, and toss when finished, not worth the effort of saving them, also if doing a larger area get a fibreglass roller, saves loads of time and get a better job, if glassing a vertical or over head surface, do not use chop strand mat, you will end up with one hell of a mess, use a cross woven cloth, dearer but more user friendly, also use latex or rubber surgical gloves, one trick i learned watching the gurus at work is they put on 4 or 5 pairs of gloves at once, and peel them off as they get covered in resin, if doing glassing in strips lay plastic sheet onto a board, lay the matting out and wet out on the flat, pick up the cloth before it turn translucent and apply and work in,

Cheers

Pedro

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:38 pm

fearless wrote:Had the same idea for mine after seeing that truck on outerlimits,then decided to just lose the canopy all together.

Thought you were gonna chop the back off and build a tray?

yep chopping excess deck off and replacing with 3mm tread plate to help support the exo cage ........

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:42 pm

Isnt Curly pretty good at doing that sort of stuff with all the boat and yatch building hes done in the past? :mrgreen:

long · Post by **long** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:16 pm

yup i can do it 4 u but im up in the naki im a composits engineer aka a fiberglasser used to have my own shop makeing motorcycle farings

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:15 pm

how the hell did this idea...

turn into this....

i think you took a wrong turn somewhere....

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:18 pm

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:18 pm

ummmmmmmm got over energetic with the grinder and hey presto ..........am impressed with performance now

cool__bananas · Post by **cool__bananas** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:02 pm

taz01 wrote:am impressed with performance now

what was the gain? less weight and no panel damage>

taz01 · Post by **taz01** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:23 pm

cool__bananas wrote:
taz01 wrote:am impressed with performance now

what was the gain? less weight and no panel damage>

close......... more weight and no panels to dent or hook on

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