fiberglass question

[GOVEHIX]

anyone knows how to use fiberglass to make boom box? i want to customzise one for myself. but i totally knows nothin about it, like resin, release agents and glue... can anyone briefly describe the process to me?
million thank you!

[Maugan_VX]

theres not a "brief" way to describe the whole layup process. If you google for it, there are several websites available that can guide you through the process.

For the home builder, I suggest west system with the pumps. Its the best and easiest way to get the correct resin/hardner mixture.

Check out this link for a pretty good user manual for the west system. I think you'll find that you'll spend a bunch of money practicing before you get your skills down to where you're happy with your work.

http://www.westsystem.com/webpages/userinfo/manual/index.htm

also that tutorial does not go into molds/plugs. You should read up about that as well.

[morgan-tec]

I have done a lot of fiberglass in autos for stereo applications. Here is a brief write up i did on the boxes i built for my Axiom, there are many different ways to do this so dont take what i say as words from god or anything. But it works well for me. Here is a link to a thread with the write up.:

http://www.fordexplorer.net/showthread.php?t=6022

[GOVEHIX]

thank you maugan tec. the first one helps a lot, but i couldn't open the second link.
so how many layers of fiberglass do i need to lay on for a fine quality boom box? and where can i get resin and hardener? i went to home depot yesterday and couldn't find anything useful. thanx.

[psychos2]

you can get fiberglass resin at home depot or most auto parts stores.there is no set # of layers.and use mat not cloth.mat is stronger. one rule is if you can push on it and it moves then you need more layers. also the bigger the area the more layers.you may be able to build a box for a 12" sub using mdf and no fiberglass.that is what i am going to try. shawn