Hairy Eater
Banned
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2005
- Messages
- 643
- Reaction score
- 6
- Points
- 0
- Age
- 46
- Location
- Queensland
- Members Ride
- 2000 VX Executive V6
Each sentence here corresponds with the pic with the same number...
1... Front plastic bumper with a crack.
2... See the crack is open.
3... Drilled 4 holes, tired it closed with some wire.
4... Drill holes 3mm to 6mm either side of the crack.
5... Countersink the holes (I used 12 mm drill).
6... Tape over the crack and holes to stop the fiberglass dripping through.
7... Mix fiberglass resin, put some in the holes and over the area, put on 2
layers of fiberglass mat, cover the mat with the rest of the resin. I used a
wooden pop stick.
8... After it's set, remove tape, grind a (V) vee along the crack and expose
5 mm fiberglass from the back. Grind off the paint. Mix more resin, cover
the grinded area with it.
9... My resin had sunk in the crack area so roughed it up and put on some
body filler. Resin stays liquid too long and ran out the end of the crack.
10... Sand it back smooth ready for primer.
11... Here's the bumper finished and primed ready to be painted.
1... Front plastic bumper with a crack.
2... See the crack is open.
3... Drilled 4 holes, tired it closed with some wire.
4... Drill holes 3mm to 6mm either side of the crack.
5... Countersink the holes (I used 12 mm drill).
6... Tape over the crack and holes to stop the fiberglass dripping through.
7... Mix fiberglass resin, put some in the holes and over the area, put on 2
layers of fiberglass mat, cover the mat with the rest of the resin. I used a
wooden pop stick.
8... After it's set, remove tape, grind a (V) vee along the crack and expose
5 mm fiberglass from the back. Grind off the paint. Mix more resin, cover
the grinded area with it.
9... My resin had sunk in the crack area so roughed it up and put on some
body filler. Resin stays liquid too long and ran out the end of the crack.
10... Sand it back smooth ready for primer.
11... Here's the bumper finished and primed ready to be painted.
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