Ron, this is what the previous owner of my car did on the rear. The
problem is that moisture can get under the edges of the fiberglass,
where it gets trapped.
The entire boot of my car had been fiberglassed on the inside. It
underneath to the point where all of the areas under the fiberglass had
to be replaced.
RCB2 wrote:
>
> 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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George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 TR3, TS15559L - Now on the road!
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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