Custom Hoods In Progress (dirty!)
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From: Amityville, New York
nice, are you applying anything of what I told you to the process
now?
I think I see a can of Turtle Wax under there, thats not your mold
release is it?
by the way, in this pic, that line on the hood in the right of the pic, thats not
a line from the matting is it?
now?
I think I see a can of Turtle Wax under there, thats not your mold
release is it?
by the way, in this pic, that line on the hood in the right of the pic, thats not
a line from the matting is it?
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Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 161
Turtle wax??? Yes its there and NOOO i dont use it for my release wax and as far as a line in the matting yes yes yes!! You caught me but it makes no difference as the whole thing is primered and sanded above so it doesnt show thru, but yes if it were just gelcoat and glass it would be a problem and therefore i wouldnt have allowed it to happen. And as far as your process and techniques i have been working on this since before we spoke and next hood i will be following your advice to the best i see fit.
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,288
From: Amityville, New York
didnt we clear up the coremat thing? I hope your just using it up
and not going to use it in the future?
ALWAYS tear your matt, even if you block the gelcoat down
prime, block it again, paint it and wet sand and polish it,
give it some time in the sun and that line will show thru, I gurantee it.
I have seen repairs where the glass was ground down, bodywork done
to it, primed and painted or gelcoated and down the road the line shows up.
A few years ago we had a guy come in who was making Cobra replica kits, and he had all his black hoods showing a line off the middle
where they had laid the matting in without tearing it, he said that he
had primed and painted the hood 3 times and once it was out in the sun
for a bit of time the line would come back. There was nothing we could do for him really except offer to lay up some new hoods for him if he
gave us the mold.
and not going to use it in the future?
ALWAYS tear your matt, even if you block the gelcoat down
prime, block it again, paint it and wet sand and polish it,
give it some time in the sun and that line will show thru, I gurantee it.
I have seen repairs where the glass was ground down, bodywork done
to it, primed and painted or gelcoated and down the road the line shows up.
A few years ago we had a guy come in who was making Cobra replica kits, and he had all his black hoods showing a line off the middle
where they had laid the matting in without tearing it, he said that he
had primed and painted the hood 3 times and once it was out in the sun
for a bit of time the line would come back. There was nothing we could do for him really except offer to lay up some new hoods for him if he
gave us the mold.