I forgot to MENTION I could GET any COLOR GEL-Coat,I could have gotten THE
EXACT match to the Bricklin colors,But I planned to paint the Car,and at the
same time I DID NOT want to replace all the panels on the car
I wanted to keep and repair the orignal panels WITHOUT removing the acrylic
from the panels,just have a finish simular to a vette body so that it could
be painted,without the fear of the body cracking,after it is painted.(you
cannot just paint a Bricklin without following a certain process,if not
painted correctly,the panels will just self distruct into a totally cracked
body.
Claude
----- Original Message -----
From: CBL302 <cbl302@email.msn.com>
To: <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: More on panels, re: Claude's gel coat
> GELCOAT is NOT PAINT,it is what is on the surface of A RAW Fiberglass part
> BEFORE any paint is applied,(when you get a fiberglass part you will
notice
> it has a shiny finish,in different colors,well that is a Gelcoat finish)
the
> first thing applied in the making of fiberglass parts is a release agent
in
> the mold,THEN GEL-COAT (it comes in different colors)then the
fiberglassmat
> is applied in the mold,then you let it cure,and what you have is the same
> way Bricklin panels were made except instead of the Gel.coat Malcom used
> Acrylic(to get the color finish),well this is the SAME process,and I could
> leave it that way but gel-coating is sensitive to light,The problem with
> Acylic is it has
> different expansion rates(if any)than fiberglass,in other words,fiberglass
> will expand(and bend) at different rates,vs acrylic which is very
rigdit,and
> will crack under certain extremes,when the fiberglass bends,the acrylic
> cracks,that is just the facts of life about Bricklins,it was a poor idea
for
> a finish on a car,and that is why Tarry Tanner came out with Gel-coated
> replacement panels.What I did, bascially WAS APPLY A NEW RESIN-GELCOAT
BODY
> OVER THE ORIGNAL BODY NO KIND/or form OF PAINT Gelcoat, Imron, Poly,
> whatever you name it, WAS USED.
>
> Claude
> vin1136 GELCOATED NOT painted
>
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