visible fibers in underbody fiberglass
I have had to repair a hole in my fiberglass in the battery box ( Broke ujoint) and firewall ( scattershield clutch arm clearance I think) on my 6p. I have the repairs done except for the visible strands of fiberglass that are seen on the rest of the underbody. Does anyone have a way to replicate those visible strands? I have tried a couple methods with no success. Thanks for any help.
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Re: visible fibers in underbody fiberglass
Sory its not a 6p its a 69 -
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I have done it with good success. I have patched a few holes in the jack storage area of my 66 that must have been used as a cooler at one time. I found some resin dye for the patch to match the original fiberglass resin color. After that has set, I replicate the glass strands using a very sharp pointed Xacto blade (#11 I think) or any other VERY sharp pointed tool like a machinist's scribe. Just make some squiggles to replicate the strands. It works well and is very difficult to detect in small areas.Comment
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Re: visible fibers in underbody fiberglass
As you say, the visible strands are from the fiberglass mat.
Fiberglass mat available today is similar to the appearance of the old original mat, but today's fiberglass strands are shorter and straighter where the originals were random and almost "hairlike" wavy. Unfortunately, the only way to completely replicate the appearance of the strands would have been to use the exact same as original mat (not available from our usual sources), and to have "molded" it smooth on the outside with a flat waxed form.
If you have sanded the outside of the battery box perfectly flat and smooth (not possible at many locations), you have the closest approximation of the fiberglass appearance you can get in my opinion. If you used properly tinted resin, the color is right, and frankly, who's going to crawl under to see if your "strands" are all original. In my opinion, one good spot repair will not "stick out" to the cursory look.
The other option is camouflage...blackout and undercoating were used in the vicinity of the storage compartments; a little careless touch of the trigger and bingo, maybe a little spot on the compartment. The risk is, if you don't get it where that could have happened, then smart judges will know it and it will be more visible to them than "incorrect strands".
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Re: visible fibers in underbody fiberglass
Bill and Chuck, Thanks for the helpComment
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