Gideon Art Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Looking for info on how to repair the panel ? 1987 Toyota Dolphin see pics,not water Damage, but been in weck ,new owner,,Salvage title,Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiter Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Piece of cake; Your about to learn some fiberglassing skills. look at: Repairing a cracked shower pan ALSO if your curious, I built an airplane with this stuff: Rutan LongEZ - Fiberglass Airplane ***************************************************** From the photos, you have two areas to repair. Scratch the areas about 3 inches on both sides of the crack / opening. Use quick set epoxy (also try super glue) to hold the pieces together. Use Duct tape and plastic sheet to mask off the work area so you don't get epoxy on everything. If you need to fill voids, use the expanding spray foam I used for the shower pan repair. When its cure (24 hours) cut and sand it so its even. Cut two or three layers of BID (90 degree bidirectional) glass to cover the area. Mix epoxy, put glass on (it will stick upside down) wet it out, peel ply the area. After cure, pull the peel ply, sand and fill with bondo and paint as required. JOhn Mc 88 Dolphin 4 Auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Art Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Piece of cake; Your about to learn some fiberglassing skills. look at: Repairing a cracked shower pan ALSO if your curious, I built an airplane with this stuff: Rutan LongEZ - Fiberglass Airplane ***************************************************** From the photos, you have two areas to repair. Scratch the areas about 3 inches on both sides of the crack / opening. Use quick set epoxy (also try super glue) to hold the pieces together. Use Duct tape and plastic sheet to mask off the work area so you don't get epoxy on everything. If you need to fill voids, use the expanding spray foam I used for the shower pan repair. When its cure (24 hours) cut and sand it so its even. Cut two or three layers of BID (90 degree bidirectional) glass to cover the area. Mix epoxy, put glass on (it will stick upside down) wet it out, peel ply the area. After cure, pull the peel ply, sand and fill with bondo and paint as required. JOhn Mc 88 Dolphin 4 Auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Art Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Thanks John, On the Scratch, Do I cut out the part that hanging down or slit it? How do I hold it up? Use screws ?Art Piece of cake; Your about to learn some fiberglassing skills. look at: Repairing a cracked shower pan ALSO if your curious, I built an airplane with this stuff: Rutan LongEZ - Fiberglass Airplane ***************************************************** From the photos, you have two areas to repair. Scratch the areas about 3 inches on both sides of the crack / opening. Use quick set epoxy (also try super glue) to hold the pieces together. Use Duct tape and plastic sheet to mask off the work area so you don't get epoxy on everything. If you need to fill voids, use the expanding spray foam I used for the shower pan repair. When its cure (24 hours) cut and sand it so its even. Cut two or three layers of BID (90 degree bidirectional) glass to cover the area. Mix epoxy, put glass on (it will stick upside down) wet it out, peel ply the area. After cure, pull the peel ply, sand and fill with bondo and paint as required. JOhn Mc 88 Dolphin 4 Auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiter Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Read the article about repairing the shower pan, same exact deal. the scratch with #80 paper gives the glass a good surface to bond to. Push the piece back up and get the edges that are torn to line up, you may need to temporarily use pieces of wood to hold things in place while your super glue / fast epozy cures. It may be easier for me to give you some ideas over the phone, then you can write it up on how you actually did it. Call me (no calls after 9pm) four one nine seven eight seven ninty five eighty five. JOhn Mc 88 Dolphin 4 Auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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