Post by RaisedByWolves on Apr 3, 2012 14:23:30 GMT -5
Egads!
What is this?
It is a hood off a junk 120 that I picked up. I intended to use this thread to show how wonderful Fiberglass is in that even the worst most bastardized items could be repaired using this.
Someone took a busted up hood and fixed it even worse by grafting in a Craftsman or MTD light bezel.
Why?
Must have seemed like s good idea at the time.
I got ansy to begin and forgot to take pics of this abomination as having this much ugly in one spot was starting to affect my vision. What you see here already has the Rivets drilled out and the junk busted off and headed for the can.
Some real pro quality work here. Note, dont use spot filler as a bonding agent, it just does not work no matter how much chicken wire you add to the mix.
After I busted and ground out all the BS it looked like this. At least now its only missing parts and ugly VS what it was.
OK, now I need to stop with that hood and go into something simpler for a moment. The Hood Above is so warped and wobbly from having been bent into a position to accept that headlight bezel, that I had no point of reference as to where the sides of the hood should be in relation to each other.
So what Im going to do is patch up a complete hood that only has some cracks and is very straight. This will give me some frame of reference in order to help me piece back together that other hood above.
I neglected to get an overview shot of this hood, but it looked like a 110/120/140 hood with some cracks that had minor separation and alignment issues.
I started by drilling some small holes on either side of the first crack. After drilling the holes I threaded some mechanics wire through them and tightened it with pliers to bring the two halves together.
Once they were back in place I wiggled them until both top and bottom of the two halves were flush.
Here you can see that by using the wire in this method I was able to get the two pieces lined up fairly well. Any slight mis match can be resolved in the final prep before painting.
Then I did the same procedure for the second crack.
Next, I mixed my resin and got some Tiger hair ready.
What is this?
It is a hood off a junk 120 that I picked up. I intended to use this thread to show how wonderful Fiberglass is in that even the worst most bastardized items could be repaired using this.
Someone took a busted up hood and fixed it even worse by grafting in a Craftsman or MTD light bezel.
Why?
Must have seemed like s good idea at the time.
I got ansy to begin and forgot to take pics of this abomination as having this much ugly in one spot was starting to affect my vision. What you see here already has the Rivets drilled out and the junk busted off and headed for the can.
Some real pro quality work here. Note, dont use spot filler as a bonding agent, it just does not work no matter how much chicken wire you add to the mix.
After I busted and ground out all the BS it looked like this. At least now its only missing parts and ugly VS what it was.
OK, now I need to stop with that hood and go into something simpler for a moment. The Hood Above is so warped and wobbly from having been bent into a position to accept that headlight bezel, that I had no point of reference as to where the sides of the hood should be in relation to each other.
So what Im going to do is patch up a complete hood that only has some cracks and is very straight. This will give me some frame of reference in order to help me piece back together that other hood above.
I neglected to get an overview shot of this hood, but it looked like a 110/120/140 hood with some cracks that had minor separation and alignment issues.
I started by drilling some small holes on either side of the first crack. After drilling the holes I threaded some mechanics wire through them and tightened it with pliers to bring the two halves together.
Once they were back in place I wiggled them until both top and bottom of the two halves were flush.
Here you can see that by using the wire in this method I was able to get the two pieces lined up fairly well. Any slight mis match can be resolved in the final prep before painting.
Then I did the same procedure for the second crack.
Next, I mixed my resin and got some Tiger hair ready.
