Jayhovah's fiberglass sub box build log

Originally Posted by Jayhovah

Well I got the side molded and glassed up.. sort of. It did not go very well.







Here is the mock up of how I wanted it to work... Ikea chopping mat supported by modeling clay and a wheel chock (only because I didn't have enough clay).

Looked good at this point.. so I unstrapped the enclosure and laid down 4 layers of 6oz cloth then replaced the enclosure and strapped it back down.. Started laying down cloth patches on the inside to secure it... Things were going so well! But then disaster struck.. The clay started to soften and sag on me from the heat of the curing process... so I tried to push it back into place and the whole enclosure slipped on the wet mat.

I unstrapped the enclosure and pulled out all the wet cloth patching on the inside, straightened out the large pieces of cloth on the chopping board, and secured the enclosure again as best I could while the resin was gelling on me... mixed up a fresh batch of resin and started repatching everything back into place. I only got one layer on the lid side where I had to glass it in blind,

I will definitely have to use BoneZ's filler-shake trick to ensure a good seal I think.



So here it is curing... you can see the enclosure walked quite a bit and is a little off the board in a few places.. luckily fiberglass can be forgiving with needing to patch and repair spots... it just sucks cutting, grinding, and sanding it so I always try to get things right the first time.