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Postby glassice » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:50 am

SORRY TO HEAR YOU HAVE SPIRER WEB IF THERE NOT TO DEEP CLEAN WITH ACETONE AND IF YOU CAN GET SOME CABOSIL IT A SILICA ADD TO SOME GOOD EPOXY RESINS AND MIX THEN TRY TO WORK IT IN YOU WILL HAVE TO PANT TO RE GEL IT COST SO MUCH.THAT WHY I DONT LIKE GEL AND LIKE PANT IF YOU CANT FIND ANY CAB LET ME KNOW AND WILL GET YOU SOME YOU NEED TO HAVE MASK ON IT MEAN .
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Postby madjack » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:30 am

glassice...please do not post in all caps...on a forum board such as this one, it is considered the same as shouting and we do not need someone to shout at us to be heard...we can hear pretty good to begin with...thanks...
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Postby glassice » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:36 am

sorry did not know to old to shout
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Postby madjack » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:49 am

...thanks...now I can turn may hearing aid back up... :D ;) ............................................ 8)
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Postby glassice » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:30 am

hoot glad to see your doing one piece i get a lot of tears that are made from inter bath glass and the glass delineate and watter get in i hate to tell them cost More to fix than it worth the White foam is so week and i bond the h-d to the glass i like mine to last for a long time at least 50 are 60 years and it only $ 150 00 more and why build if your not building the best it must be great not to have the E.P. A ever thing here has to be watter base and the paper work i do a few hi end cars and the tears are for Friends that why ther over built i see a lot want to build with glass and all they have is a paint brush but it can be done i like to vacuum bag that way i don't have to smell it i miss the autoclave when i work on air plains the tear i am build for my shelf is going to be preprag carbon/kevlar blue i think. lot of luck there was a co up by you that did i piece glass did you get there molds he did not know how to manage his cash and started to build crap they look great on the outside but he cut his resin with acetone .Cant use acetone here try to clean a chopper gun with liketone :thumbdown: .
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Postby Jst83 » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:14 am

:thumbsup: Very nice Hoot, I've been planning to use fiberglass in my next build. I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions for you. Look foward to seeing more pics of your work. Scott

Sorry glassice :( I just can't follow what your saying. Do you have spell check that might help?
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Postby glassice » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:48 am

looks lke your plug is done why cant you wax it and go
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Postby Steve Frederick » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:52 am

Nitetimes wrote:
glassice wrote:nice looking like the one with out the seam and look like your not using bath panels i an build for some Friends on the cheep my cash is the lotus 7 at a round15g are the 356 Porsche watter cool 25 to 30g a pop are the V8 914 maybe you can show how you build yours i never said know every thing fiberglass


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Postby Podunkfla » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:26 am

Well... Hoot. I for one am very interested in learning all I can about building with fiberglass from a pro... Looking forward to your updates on the MC tear... Cool Deal. :thumbsup:
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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:42 am

Steve Frederick wrote:
Nitetimes wrote:
glassice wrote:nice looking like the one with out the seam and look like your not using bath panels i an build for some Friends on the cheep my cash is the lotus 7 at a round15g are the 356 Porsche watter cool 25 to 30g a pop are the V8 914 maybe you can show how you build yours i never said know every thing fiberglass


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He said his cash is in the Lotus 7 at 15 thousand dollars, and the 356 Porsche with a cool 25 to 30 thousand dollars a pop. Or the V8 914. Maybe whoever he is talking to can show him how it was built. He doesn't know everything about fiberglass.

Sounds like shop talk to me. :roll: Grading too many papers for too long. :roll:
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Postby glassice » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:50 am

`HOOT those molds for that i piece are up by you .There are great molds over 1/2 in thick AL frame the guy that had them built had no cash to do it Right on building the trailers they where trying to sell for $1200 U.S but if they have not sold i bet you could get for less than $500 he had over $5000 in to them i been told if you could get them it save lots of time and money for you if you like i will see if i can find them
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Postby Podunkfla » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:57 am

Miriam C... Hmmm... You may have a point there. The only thing I've seen is a peek at what looks like it might have once been a Nash Metropolitan? If I had a hundred grand worth of other toys... I think I'd have one cool garage to store 'em all in. :roll:
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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:06 pm

Podunkfla wrote:Miriam C... Hmmm... You may have a point there. The only thing I've seen is a peek at what looks like it might have once been a Nash Metropolitan? If I had a hundred grand worth of other toys... I think I'd have one cool garage to store 'em all in. :roll:


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Postby glassice » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:16 pm

can you never get a shop to big if there a space it will get full if not by you then by your Friends just for a week are 2 means 3 are 4 years and it oly a small job to cut the top means you have no gas left in your torch :).
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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:41 pm

I don't do torch or gas but you have some nice teardrops going there. :applause: I just want my garage to get warm enough to play with the glue. 8)
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