From: Ron Botting
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 7:55 PM
To:
Subject: RE: FIBERGLASS
Has anyone considered a fiberglass cloth with epoxy resin ? I understand
that epoxy similar to the Westec system (sp?) as used for marine
applications, sticks tenaciously to steel. Far superior that the
polyester resins used for regular fiberglass applications.
I have recently replaced loads of steel in the rear tub section of my
'57 TR3A, after I replace the steel in the wheel arches I'm going to
have the rear tub section chemically stripped as I did with my frame
last year, (or was that '96?). What I'm planning to do, is to reinforce
the rust free trunk floor with a cloth and epoxy resin.
I know the purists will cringe, I just feel that so much has been
replaced & patched that my '57 will never be a concourse contender, nor
am I restoring her with any show circuit in mind. I am, I might add,
extremely proud of my metal work re-fabricating both right and left
sides of the rear apron, a real exercise in metal forming !
rcb
Ron Botting
<rcb2@bmscom.ca>
Surrey. B.C. Canada
'57 TR3A (TS23731)
-----Original Message-----
From: Gambony, Jim [mailto:jim.gambony@eds.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 11:04 AM
To: 'Gerald Brazil'; 'Erik Bjorkner'; shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: RE: FIBERGLASS
Well, I'll disagree. When I was repairing the floor on my Spitfire 8
years
ago, the floor was starting to go "swissy" but with most of the steel
still
there. I wire brushed it, chemically etched it to remove any corrosion,
and
treated it with a zinc phosphate coating.
I then laid in three layers of fiberglass cloth with resin....
No corrosion since.
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Brazil [SMTP:gerrybraz@voyager.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 7:41 AM
> To: 'Erik Bjorkner'; shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: FIBERGLASS
>
>
> Fiberglass is really not a good solution. Rust is like gangrene, it
just
> keeps spreading. It will spread inside of fiberglassed areas. The
best
> solution is to cut out the rusted area to really sound metal and weld
new
> metal in.
>
> GJB
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