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  1. 30th June 2007, 05:44 AM #1
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    Fibreglass Ute Hard Lid Repair...?

    Is there any panelbeater's out there?

    Im looking at buying a glass Hard lid, it has a smallish chip out of it (side Lip) with very small cracks or spider web type cracks from the chip (Im guessing it's been hit or dropped)........Depending on how deep, is it a easy repair?

    Here a Link to pics of the chip etc, let us know what you think; http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....DME:L:RTQ:AU:1

    Also it is a light gold colour, but I want it white.....so whats the go with spraying it white?.....wipe down with prepsol, do repair, rub gelcoat back a bit with wet & dry, wipe with prepsol again , undercoat, then top coats???

    I have a mate who would do it I guess, but its a bit early to ring him......
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  2. 1st July 2007, 01:08 PM #2
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    Just in case anybody is interested , my mate said its an easy fix, he said something about a type of 2 pack filler that isnt really a filler, just rub back and respray..................
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    sand it back well, get the rough splintery bits out (if any) and go it with the gelcoat. if its a bad one use the fiberglassing resin with some talcum powder mixed in. then rub back and repaint as per normal fibreglass
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  4. 1st July 2007, 08:14 PM #4
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    The proper way to repair it is to cut back into the matting but just under the gel coat with an angle grinder and take it out about an inch or inch 1/2 around the spider web cracking then prepsol or even better acetone clean the cut and lay a couple more layers of matting and then allow that to cure for a couple of days at least and then use flow coat over the top.

    About 3 coats of flowcoat will give you the normal 1 coat thickness of gel coat and is about the same strength.

    The only problem with just filling it is that it will start to crack again and you will keep just chasing the cracks over and over again.

    Do it once and do it right.

    You can rub back flow coat like bog so you can shape it and give it all a good rub with the wizzy and then hit it with some etch primer a good base coat and then top coat with 2 or 3 coats of 2 pack preferably or acrylic but would stay away from using enamel as it is too hard to repair damage and you cant cut out scratches at a later date.

    good luck, I wasted 2 years of my life in a fibreglass sork shop building canopies.
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  5. 2nd July 2007, 01:37 PM #5
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    Ok , thanks for that, I didnt think it would be super hard, but my good mate will do it for us for a slab or something

    I was going to buy one of those alloy lids, with the poly sandwich type deal, but i like the idea of glass.....yes it is heavy but it can be repaired, but if some clown get up on the lid it wont fold and i would need to throw it away and get another, plus the gen Lid looks better
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