Fiberglass body repair

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Fireguy50

Discussion Starter · Sep 8, 2004

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SquattyD

· #2 · Sep 8, 2004

my my, werent you a busy boy. looks good. did you cut out the rust or just lay it right on top? so this is a temp fix?

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massbronco

· #3 · Sep 8, 2004

i did the samething on my 1980 bronco. mine wasn't as bad as your but it didn't get any worse after i did the fiberglass

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That'll hold you for a year or two Fireguy

Done many a similar repair to cars I've owned up here. Just don't flex too too much or it'll start to pop off and seperate.

At least it'll keep the fumes and water out and slow down the rust a bit. This'll buy you time to find a good Southern 86 cheaply !

Sure hope you stay in broncos (86s in particular).

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Fireguy50

Discussion Starter · #5 · Sep 8, 2004

SquattyD said:
my my, werent you a busy boy. looks good. did you cut out the rust or just lay it right on top? so this is a temp fix?

I ground down some of the rust. But not a lot. To remove all of it would remove the entire panels. Plus the rusty panels gave the fiberglass shape.

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Sixlitre

· #6 · Sep 8, 2004

Fireguy50 said:
I ground down some of the rust. But not a lot. To remove all of it would remove the entire panels. Plus the rusty panels gave the fiberglass shape.

other than loose flakes, it'll pretty much adhere to anything.

Fireguy

Have you discovered "kitty hair" ? The long strand fiberglass ? It's really strong and adds depth to a repair where you need that.

Sixlitre