And when I say first time it really shows. So here are some tips that can probably help someone starting off that i wish i would have known.
I started off with that same green foam everyone uses called desert foam at my local hobby lobby.(everyone says its inexpensive!!!!) I didnt think so its was like 30 total which isnt too bad but its still nice to keep costs down. so i used spray adhesive to stick everything together, then used a serated butter knife i bought at walmart for $.96 and sanding it with 100 grit
note its way faster if you have a sanding block.
my spray sdhesive kept wanting to come undone oh and wear clothes you dont mind getting foam dust on it seeps in and only come off with high pressure air or whatever.
I then taped a tube around the edges for foam to sit and taped everything off with masking tape.
next I prepped the fiberglass mat (note its better to use the woven mat its so much easier to work with. and its better the you cut the mat before hand cause your hands will be all sticky to do anything once you start.
SO HERES WHERE I MESSED UP!!! I only had enough mat and resin to do like 1 & 1/2 layers of mat so i let that dry.
My mistake was after it dried I went to get more mat and resin and didnt clean it up before i put the next layer so the stupid hairs that dried up ended up as big bumps.
SO! if your not going to do all the layers immediately I suggest reinforcing from the inside so you dont have to deal with all this grinding like i did to save yourself the hassle, and the edges tend to pop out all wavy so find some way to wedge it under the seat or have it raised on something so that it falls flat.
Since mine came out so crazy i grinded off all the bumps used filler sanded then just upholstered everything myself just to hide all the ugliness haha for mounting i drilled 2 holes into the frame and put some wood in between so i dont crack it cause after the first drying off fiberglass i mocked it up and sat on it and it cracked! (hence the reinforcing).
So thats that and no harms done!
I started off with that same green foam everyone uses called desert foam at my local hobby lobby.(everyone says its inexpensive!!!!) I didnt think so its was like 30 total which isnt too bad but its still nice to keep costs down. so i used spray adhesive to stick everything together, then used a serated butter knife i bought at walmart for $.96 and sanding it with 100 grit
note its way faster if you have a sanding block.
my spray sdhesive kept wanting to come undone oh and wear clothes you dont mind getting foam dust on it seeps in and only come off with high pressure air or whatever.
I then taped a tube around the edges for foam to sit and taped everything off with masking tape.
next I prepped the fiberglass mat (note its better to use the woven mat its so much easier to work with. and its better the you cut the mat before hand cause your hands will be all sticky to do anything once you start.
SO HERES WHERE I MESSED UP!!! I only had enough mat and resin to do like 1 & 1/2 layers of mat so i let that dry.
My mistake was after it dried I went to get more mat and resin and didnt clean it up before i put the next layer so the stupid hairs that dried up ended up as big bumps.
SO! if your not going to do all the layers immediately I suggest reinforcing from the inside so you dont have to deal with all this grinding like i did to save yourself the hassle, and the edges tend to pop out all wavy so find some way to wedge it under the seat or have it raised on something so that it falls flat.
Since mine came out so crazy i grinded off all the bumps used filler sanded then just upholstered everything myself just to hide all the ugliness haha for mounting i drilled 2 holes into the frame and put some wood in between so i dont crack it cause after the first drying off fiberglass i mocked it up and sat on it and it cracked! (hence the reinforcing).
So thats that and no harms done!
