How To Fiberglass * Make A Mold * Fiberglassing 101 * The Series

This HOW TO FIBERGLASS video is from the The Original YOUTUBE Series of 35 or so videos on How To Fiberglass. We make a custom Ford style scoop in this video... We are one of the few professional fiberglass crews on YOUTUBE... we are also the VERY FIRST How To Fiberglass guys on YOUTUBE.... Between the 4 of us Fiberglass people, we have over 100 years combined experience in fiberglass Mold Making, Fiberglass Fabrication, Lay-Up etc..etc..etc..

You wouldn't believe just how many famous hot rods we have been a part of!!! .... Videos may be a bit old and crude but we are NOT FILM MAKERS or Very Computer Literate.... But when it comes to REAL fiberglass fabrication, we are Number 1

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[MrEvorocket]

thanks ,gasserglass,. i have a good general purpose resin just wanted to check before i purchased my materials , should i make the master mould all in one sitting is this best for all layers bonding together with the resin,or is it ok to let the resin go hard then add more layers or will this cause the lamination to seperate down the line,,ps is it ok to use plasticine to fill the gaps between the flanges ?

[GasserGlass]

@MrEvorocket ... Not sure what plasticine is?.... I PREFER to lay TWO layers on my mold and let it cure before adding more layers.... ALSO, be sure to READ your resin can...If the resin has WAX in it, you MUST sand each cured layer of fiberglass before adding new layers... If NON WAX resin then no sanding between layers is necessary.... The first layer on a mold is called the LOCK LAYER to hold everything in place till you can ad more layers... Wish You The Best With Your Mold!

[MrEvorocket]

if i make a master mould using tooling gelcoat do i have to use a differant resin than the one i would use for making the part? or is it just the gel coats that differ from each other. thanks again for your help

[GasserGlass]

@MrEvorocket .. YOU SHOULD use the best resin you can buy when making a mold...The same type as laminating resin but the best quality you can find...You want the mold strong and have little to NO SHRINKAGE in your mold or your parts wont be the original size... FRP-101 is a good choice for Mold Making and Laminating.... Don't use the cheap crap ever on anything..TONS of shrinkage will happen and a weak part will result... Simple Polyester Resin is fine.. But GOOD polyester resin!

[markcrupi]

would love to know the name of the song. Great video.

[GasserGlass]

@markcrupi .... The name of the song is... MAGGOT BRAIN.... By The Funkadelics ..... pronounced - FUNK - A - DEL - IC's

It was a hit song on the Underground rock stations when I was a YOUNG teenager 13 or 14?.... FM Radio was fairly new then and HIPPIE ROAMED THE EARTH everywhere..... heh heh.... Yes, Its a good old Smoke A Doobie Song.... It was called Grass in my day..... heh heh....PEACE

[ernestov]

good vid... but damn I felt like I should've been doing some acid while watching your video.

[Captfiberglass]

absolutely the best fiberglass laminater that I have ever seen! * I'm new to YUOTUBE but have been in the fiberglass biz for 30 plus years making glass water craft to cars to UPS truck bodies. And I have never see somebody work so clean and fast with a perfect finished product, we could have used a guy on the line like you. Your the best Ive seen, Thanks for the video Gasserglass..

I heard some stories of a crack fiberglass guy living back east that works in a barn, could that be you?

[MrEvorocket]

plasticine..eg kids play dow ..putty just as a filler for corner gaps etc.. thanks again for all your help and info,

[GasserGlass]

@MrEvorocket Adding some resin and a few strands of glass can only make the nut-sert stay even better.... But Ive never had a failing nut-sert in any hoods that we've made....Just use a GOOD QUALITY installation tool and make sure the sert is in all the way (expanded)... a cheap tool wont make the sert expand all the way...that is key!