So, did you coat the wooden form with something to keep the fiberglass from bonding to the wood? And then gave a coat of epoxy with fiberglass cloth? And then when it was cured did you cut it along the mid section so that you got two halves? How did you hold the two halves together while bonding them back together into one? And instead of using cloth, you used mat fiber with epoxy to "glue" them together... with overlap so there was a kind of seam about how wide, a couple of inches? Once you sand or grind it down, then a little bondo here and there to smooth things out? I'm guessing and no doubt guessing wrong here and there. This looks like a good method. I have a Worksman paperboy back in Minnesota and may try this. Thanks for the photos! Yeah, I can't wait to see it on the Shelby.
SB
the wood form was coated with shellac a bunch of times, than a thick coat of resin.
Car wax is a good mold release, a couple thick coats don't wipe off the last one.
Also fill up any holes with candle wax to smooth things up.
I misplaced my fg cloth and ended up using a heavy mat, which sucks to work with,
but its really thick so actually saved time since only one layer was needed.
My second plan was to make a 2 piece female mold,
(the hot dog pic woulda been the pieces)
(the first plan is what i ended up doing, the form was a little smaller to compensate for the FG)
If a layer of FG was layed up inside the "hot dog" pieces, after waxing it up a bunch,
that tank would be an exact duplicate of the form,
with very little grinding or bondo work like I had to do.
I use a filtered mask, but the best trick for grinding is using a fan.
Work right in front of the fan so it all blows to the neighbors yard, downwind.
Fortunately I have no close neighbors!
TP
