Ok, moving on to what I did today.
The fiberglass only wheel well now is about complete.
In this pic, everything inside the black lines was coated today with an additional 5 layers of glass and resin. Everything outside the black lines already had the additional 5 layers of glass and resin.
About the only thing left is to trim the sides off, and then coat the bottom with something, and install. Yay!
The fiberglass only wheel well now is about complete.
In this pic, everything inside the black lines was coated today with an additional 5 layers of glass and resin. Everything outside the black lines already had the additional 5 layers of glass and resin.
About the only thing left is to trim the sides off, and then coat the bottom with something, and install. Yay!
One more life lesson for the day. If you have a sander, and the bottom of the sander looks like this .......
And it does NOT look like this .......
IT DOES NOT SAND WELL! lol...
And it does NOT look like this .......
IT DOES NOT SAND WELL! lol...
Here's a pic of a paintbrush that I used just a little too long. The last 1/2 inch is still flexible, and the rest has hardened. After this pic was taken, I threw this one away, and started with another brush to keep going.
Couple of life lessons for the day.
One. If you drop a paintbrush filled with fiberglass resin that is not hard, pick it up before it hardens.
Otherwise, when you do "pry" it up after it hardens, you end up with this.....
Fortunately, this was not the floor of the motor home, this was a piece of plywood I have laying in place as a temporary step. Thank goodness.
One. If you drop a paintbrush filled with fiberglass resin that is not hard, pick it up before it hardens.
Otherwise, when you do "pry" it up after it hardens, you end up with this.....
Fortunately, this was not the floor of the motor home, this was a piece of plywood I have laying in place as a temporary step. Thank goodness.
So, after all that, I actually did some work on the one wheel well today. I worked on the one that is fiberglass only.
In this pic, is the results of that work. I added 5 layers of glass and resin, to the right and left of the black, curved lines.
You will remember, the area above and below the horizontal lines, I added 5 layers on each end the last couple of days.
The only thing that needs more glass and resin, is the area inside of the black lines.
It took me a few hours to get this done today. I did the right side first, and then the left. By the time I was done with the left side, the right side had hardened enough, that it would need to be sanded before adding the glass and resin in the center with the overlap.
So, I decided to let this cure until tomorrow, when I can finish this well, hopefully.
Hopefully, I will have enough time to finish this one and also work on the other wheel well tomorrow.
It's starting to look better. I'll be glad to finish these and move on to something else.
In this pic, is the results of that work. I added 5 layers of glass and resin, to the right and left of the black, curved lines.
You will remember, the area above and below the horizontal lines, I added 5 layers on each end the last couple of days.
The only thing that needs more glass and resin, is the area inside of the black lines.
It took me a few hours to get this done today. I did the right side first, and then the left. By the time I was done with the left side, the right side had hardened enough, that it would need to be sanded before adding the glass and resin in the center with the overlap.
So, I decided to let this cure until tomorrow, when I can finish this well, hopefully.
Hopefully, I will have enough time to finish this one and also work on the other wheel well tomorrow.
It's starting to look better. I'll be glad to finish these and move on to something else.
Went shopping again today.
That is a 10 pack, well actually, two 5-packs of fiberglass cloth.
AND, I bought 2 of these!
I don't think I'll need the second gallon of resin for the wheel wells, but I will need some resin later, so I just went ahead and bought the second gallon.
That is a 10 pack, well actually, two 5-packs of fiberglass cloth.
AND, I bought 2 of these!
I don't think I'll need the second gallon of resin for the wheel wells, but I will need some resin later, so I just went ahead and bought the second gallon.
This pic is of the other wheel well, which is the plywood form with fiberglass laid over top of said plywood.
This also has multiple layers of glass with resin between each layer.
Before laying the first layer of glass, I put a layer of resin down first. Then I added the first layer of glass, then resin, and so on.
That seems to help saturate both sides of the glass, and by using the paint brush, it actually seems to use less resin than with a roller.
This is also a much faster way for me to lay the glass than one layer at a time.
I did have a minor "oops" tonight. I poured some resin into my pint container, added some hardener, and proceeded to stir.
I thought I had added the same amount of hardener as I have been adding to all the others, but after stirring about 30 seconds, it started to jell, and I was unable to use any of that batch.
It just started to get hard before I could do anything. Go figure.
I am about out of resin, so I'll have to buy another gallon, as well as more glass before I can finish these wells.
This also has multiple layers of glass with resin between each layer.
Before laying the first layer of glass, I put a layer of resin down first. Then I added the first layer of glass, then resin, and so on.
That seems to help saturate both sides of the glass, and by using the paint brush, it actually seems to use less resin than with a roller.
This is also a much faster way for me to lay the glass than one layer at a time.
I did have a minor "oops" tonight. I poured some resin into my pint container, added some hardener, and proceeded to stir.
I thought I had added the same amount of hardener as I have been adding to all the others, but after stirring about 30 seconds, it started to jell, and I was unable to use any of that batch.
It just started to get hard before I could do anything. Go figure.
I am about out of resin, so I'll have to buy another gallon, as well as more glass before I can finish these wells.
This pic is one on the opposite end of the same wheel well with another 5 layers of glass/resin, that I did tonight, just waiting to cure.
Here is a picture of last night's layup of the multi layer fiberglass and resin layup, that has cured.
The arrows show 4 different layers of fiberglass. I cut them different lengths on purpose, and at least one of them, (possibly two), doesn't show up.
All I have to say about the multi layer layup of the glass and resin is - - - - YEEEEHAAAAAWWWW!
Wow, what a difference. The results are like night and day. Using the paint brush makes it easy to smooth out any air bubbles and wrinkles, without pulling the glass out of shape.
Once it's cured, there is now plenty of extra strength, and all the layers cure as one. Wahoo!
I think we have a winning combination here. I like it!
The arrows show 4 different layers of fiberglass. I cut them different lengths on purpose, and at least one of them, (possibly two), doesn't show up.
All I have to say about the multi layer layup of the glass and resin is - - - - YEEEEHAAAAAWWWW!
Wow, what a difference. The results are like night and day. Using the paint brush makes it easy to smooth out any air bubbles and wrinkles, without pulling the glass out of shape.
Once it's cured, there is now plenty of extra strength, and all the layers cure as one. Wahoo!
I think we have a winning combination here. I like it!
