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Fibreglass panel repairer needed
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Re: Fibreglass panel repairer needed -
07-30-2006
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On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:06:08 +0100, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk (SteveH) wrote: It was my dad's area of expertise (most bus bodies are fibreglass) - they could never get a panel to look as good as new once it had been split or punctured. Oh well, if your dad says so then that must be it then. |
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"Conor" <conor.turton (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:MPG.1f35e988d41cf73c98d28f (AT) news (DOT) individual.net... And yet again thick irish shite conor talks utter crap............. One of the jobs I did many years ago was as a trimmer/finisher at a GRP |
http://www.beckplastics.co.uk/
If you go along Bridlington Seafront and see some cash booths in an
"Alladin" stylee, they're mine. I assume they're still there but as
it's 18 years ago since I did them. maybe not.
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Ian wrote: "Conor" <conor.turton (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:MPG.1f35e988d41cf73c98d28f (AT) news (DOT) individual.net... And yet again thick irish shite conor talks utter crap............. Just in case anyone was mislead, that was another Ian, not me. S'OK, I figured because you know I'm not Irish... |
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I'm pretty sure it will repair fine in expert hands - it's a comparitively clean break across the whole width, with a damge band hardly more than a couple of inches across. Having seen what can be done by way of repairs to GRP gliders, it's not a bad candidate for mending ... as long as someone good does it. Which might mean, I suppose, taking it to a GRP glider menders, but yes, that would probably cost a lot more than the 300 quid a new panel costs. On the other hand, we then have to get a new panel to fit ... There'll be no questioning the strength of the repair but it's the |
repair on old fibreglass.
You'd be looking at a good weeks worth of labour costs no matter who
you take it to. For example, on splash trays for Bridgeport CNC
machines, even when I was doing 200+ per week, if there was one with an
air bubble in the gel coat or where the seams were, it'd take a good
hour or more to finish to an invisible repair. And that's for a hole a
couple of mm wide.
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Dean Dark <ddrake (AT) comcast (DOT) notthis.net> wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:06:08 +0100, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk (SteveH) wrote: It was my dad's area of expertise (most bus bodies are fibreglass) - they could never get a panel to look as good as new once it had been split or punctured. Oh well, if your dad says so then that must be it then. 35 years experience of dealing with fibreglass. Is that not enough? |
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In article <QKadnfEbTtH7elbZRVnyiQ (AT) bt (DOT) com>, Ian says... "Conor" <conor.turton (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:MPG.1f35e988d41cf73c98d28f (AT) news (DOT) individual.net... And yet again thick irish shite conor talks utter crap............. One of the jobs I did many years ago was as a trimmer/finisher at a GRP company, Beck Engineering. http://www.beckplastics.co.uk/ If you go along Bridlington Seafront and see some cash booths in an "Alladin" stylee, they're mine. I assume they're still there but as it's 18 years ago since I did them. maybe not. You can just see one in the left of this photo: |
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I'm pretty sure it will repair fine in expert hands - it's a comparitively clean break across the whole width, with a damge band hardly more than a couple of inches across. Having seen what can be done by way of repairs to GRP gliders, it's not a bad candidate for mending ... as long as someone good does it. Which might mean, I suppose, taking it to a GRP glider menders, but yes, that would probably cost a lot more than the 300 quid a new panel costs. On the other hand, we then have to get a new panel to fit ... |
worked on several specialist vehicles such as land speed record attempts
and I've seen a replica GT40 that he built that was as near to flawless as
you can get. He also charges reasonable prices. He's close to Lasham
gliding club in Hampshire, I don't know if that's too far away from your
friend or not.
I've also had excellent work done on my boat by a company in Portsmouth, so
far they haven't charged an extortionate price for any GRP layup work.
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comparitively clean break across the whole width, with a damge band hardly more than a couple of inches across. Which is what's going to make it incredibly difficult to repair and get a flat finish. There's a very good reason Lotus had a rubber joining strip round some of their cars. |
time required for a good finish wasn't justified.
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Having seen what can be done by way of repairs to GRP gliders, it's not a bad candidate for mending ... as long as someone good does it. Only a glider wouldn't have to be repaired to the same standard of finish as a cherished classic car. Which might mean, I suppose, taking it to a GRP glider menders, but yes, that would probably cost a lot more than the 300 quid a new panel costs. On the other hand, we then have to get a new panel to fit ... It'll still be much easier and cheaper to do than repairing a broken fibreglass panel. It was my dad's area of expertise (most bus bodies are fibreglass) - they could never get a panel to look as good as new once it had been split or punctured. |
really part of the customer experience and they want it back in service
asap. You certainly can get an excellent finish on a f/g repair - all it
takes is lots of time.
To say you can't is bollocks.
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Absolutely. I think the we'd like to get a quote before deciding, that's all. Apart from anything else, there's the sentimental desire to keep as many original bits as possible. |
was a damned mess before they started. Some careless swine had removed the
rudder from my boat and left it at the bottom of the marina where it
remained for the best part of a week. It was splintered about halfway down.
The repair is genuinely invisible.
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