Fiberglass repair question...
The day before yesterday in Bakersfield I pulled our 5er into a horizontal sign arm while turning and punched a hole through the fiberglass exterior and pushed out a section of wallboard inside. One ...
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Hi, O.P....came over here from your other thread where folks are STILL beating you up, even though you long ago entered "the acceptance phase", as you put it...WHEW! Glad to see you're in a more helpful crowd here.
Sounds like a full-restore repair would be very expensive, and it's my experience that even if professionally done this kind of thing is hard to completely erase visually, especially on the outside. And even more so if you're going to try to do it yourself. Have you considered the good ol' "camouflage" solution? You haven't posted pics, which would be helpful, but is the damage dimensionally suited to the possibility of squaring off to suitable dimensions for the installation of a "dummy vent" or something? Flaws draw the eye, but something like a vent cover just looks like it's there to do a job. I've seen this so successfully done that no one would ever suspect it was just there to cover up damage from an "oops" moment like this one. The only skill involved is careful lining up, cutting, and finishing of the edges so that it looks OEM. It doesn't even have to go through to the interior- you can do something different inside.
Just a thought!
Sounds like a full-restore repair would be very expensive, and it's my experience that even if professionally done this kind of thing is hard to completely erase visually, especially on the outside. And even more so if you're going to try to do it yourself. Have you considered the good ol' "camouflage" solution? You haven't posted pics, which would be helpful, but is the damage dimensionally suited to the possibility of squaring off to suitable dimensions for the installation of a "dummy vent" or something? Flaws draw the eye, but something like a vent cover just looks like it's there to do a job. I've seen this so successfully done that no one would ever suspect it was just there to cover up damage from an "oops" moment like this one. The only skill involved is careful lining up, cutting, and finishing of the edges so that it looks OEM. It doesn't even have to go through to the interior- you can do something different inside.
Just a thought!
