Painting A Fiberglass Kit Car - How To Prep A Car For Paint!
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- It's VLOG time as we take an inside look at a Fiberglass Kit Car and learn what it takes to Prep It up For A Paint Job! Tech Tips and Helpful Hints to make your job easier. www.swrnc.com or 972-420-1293
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This is was the video I needed a month ago ! But, because my friend Pete . Took time from his day to help me on my fiberglass fender and bags for my Harley . Thank you Pete for all the help I have got from you from all your videos. ✌🏼
Pete. I think you do make great videos and I am a lisenced autobody tech. You could save yourself a lot of time and frustration by spraying 3 coats of polyester spray filler , it will fill everything, blocking it with 220 then hitting it with a smooth coat of primer surfacer then a smooth sanding of either 4-600 sandpaper. You are ready for paint then! And no shrinkage!!
For some reason I love when he says “situation”
Thanks for sharing Pete. This video is one of your "BEST" !!!!!
Great fiberglass series. I'm getting ready to do a fiberglass gunstock. Very helpful
GREAT VIDEO PETE! Very valuable information. Thanks for taking the time to explain.
Great videos, thank you, I am learning lots from you and starting to restore my 2005 mazda b2500 , hope I can do a good job !
Thanks for the video. I am about ready to paint my golf cart and have never really worked with fiberglass. Some great information!
Every situation you explained I ran into refurbishing a fiberglass camper . Thanx for the explanations for each .
Smooth editing Pete, nice seamless transitions.
"Amen" Gary,
You are right...
Without a good editor ... filming is nothing.
Thanks for the tips, I bought a 1990 ZR-1 last year and have to paint her. I'm an old bricklayer/mechanic, getting ready to be paint guy I guess. Paranoid as hell, I figure will just sand factory paint some and spray over that. Body is straight, although I see spider webbing is a couple places. Going to go for it, if I mess it up reckon I will redo it. 👍👍
i use resin mixed in bondo. to me it gives flex and still comes out smooth.... awesome vid my friend Pete N Minnie
thanks Pete.... I got some fiberglass fenders to work on.
Thanks a bunch Pete. Very helpful. I'm considering replacing my heavily pitted original hood with a fiberglass one. They usually require some work to fit properly. Sometimes this means a fair amount of sanding which may get well into the actual fiberglass. What's the right way to do a job like that?
Awesome vid - thanks for the guidance here!
Thanks for an other awesome vid My friend Pete!!
I work for Epic Doors which manufactures high-performance fiberglass entry doors. We evaluated several paint suppliers including TruCoat 623, Sherwin Williams Polane 2K Acrylic, and Aquasurtech D200.
We were looking for an environmentally friendly, single component water based paint that was super durable, had great adhesion and laid down smooth.
Based upon our evaluation we selected TruCoat 623. It was much more environmentally friendly than Polane 2K and is a single component and TruCoat.Us had better adhesion than D200 and was priced better.
Pete, I'm wondering if this would work: If I burn through the gel coat can I apply Dynaglass, sand it, epoxy, then high build primer? Would that prevent the spot from showing up through final paint and clear? Thanks!
Awesome! I have a 79' VW bus and have the pop top off to strip it down and repaint it. Was worried though about the gel coat
Thanks Pete ! Learn something from your video today
Awesome vid Pete! Hope all is well!
Great Video Pete, please show use what your using for final paint. Thanks
Thanks man. 3 times the fibreglass lotus has been in for work. 3 times cracking and blistering... every time I told them to do it by code, every time they do it like a normal car. Looks great for a year or so.
Yea mine has a few bubbles too. I think it happens to all of them after a while. It's best not to mess with it unless it's really bad.
You need to use special flexible paint (and primer) for composite as well. Maybe they are messing up there.
Thanks for the tips Pete
Excellent overview! Can we expect the same type of issues preparing a production car like a late model Lotus Esprit?
Great Video Pete do you have any fiberglass repair videos as in repainting an old corvette?
Great tips Pete, Thanks for sharing....................
you are a great friend Pete for sharing . Thank you
I very much appreciate this video. Huge thanks.
I have a 84 Fiero now it's not fiberglass but it's weather checked pretty good what's the best way to prep it to eliminate the spidering ?
This is a great video well done
Great video Pete.
Just picked up a fiber glass hood from cervini, do you recommend priming the gel coat or just use a sealer instead? Thanks.
Damn i love this channel
Once u finish the body work, should I be spraying sealer or do we prime it first then sealer?
Pete, on a 58 Vette- do you need GELCOAT? Many have stated that GM never use GELCOAT when C1 Corvettes were produced. Thanks
Good information ! And Merry Christmas to you and your family. ☺🎄🎅
hey pete question? do you use the same 2k primer for the final coat of primer before base coat after block sanded?
Thank you for the education.
For airbrush a fiberglass Wing of glider RC , Is Better use the filler before? ...like with the fuselage.. or can i airbrush directly on the resin? Thanks a lot🙏
I had my corvette painted by a professional painter twice now. Looked great, pulled the cover off 3 months later and there's blisters all over. He said it was because there was grease trapped under the paint.
My friend Pete I want to run carbon Kevlar doors on my Vw when I go to paint them do the same rules apply
My 75 vette is cracking on the roof, hood sides etc. It was painted about 7 years ago. Why is this happening??? Can you explain why this is starting to happening in one of your shows.
Darwin from Arkansas
so I should sand the fiberglass with 320 to start? im working on a a bagger and i have a lot of imperfections
OK, sure, but what do you do if the 'glass is already exposed? You said a 2k primer/sealer won't work, what will? You showed the problems but no solutions.
He doesn't know what he's talking about. Gelcoat is just colored resin. Same stuff the rest of the body is made of. Just with a pigment. The gelcoat is just as "porous" as the resin holding the fiberglass together. You don't need to buy gelcoat unless you're making your own fiberglass parts and want a nice surface. You could repair fiberglass with fiberglass resin, fiberglass filler or body filler depending on the severity of the repair. Working with fiberglass especially kit cars you're going to have a lot of exposed fiberglass.. so I don't know why he's making these claims.
I use a tap test with a coin around the edges to see if it busts through. All those voids are from not laying the glass in the corners properly
I am complete new to this but I had a question. I see a lot of videos of people when they first get the part. they coat the whole panel with a layer of filler. I am confused on the process a bit. So its gel coat, covered in filler, covered in primer, covered in paint?
I am really interested in a video about repairing wrecked fiberglass. We do a lot of damage to the fiberglass bodywork in the cars that I race, INEX Legend race cars.
I’m just using the 3m brand so what do i use over that , abo do ?
So if you sanded through the gelcoat, to help prevent problems you go to the boat place and buy 'gelcoat' and brush it on those spots? To re-seal the porous fiberglass?
He doesn't know what he's talking about. Gelcoat is just colored resin. Same stuff the rest of the body is made of. Just with a pigment. The gelcoat is just as "porous" as the resin holding the fiberglass together. You don't need to buy gelcoat unless you're making your own fiberglass parts and want a nice surface. You could repair fiberglass with fiberglass resin or body filler depending on the severity of the repair.
How about the waves in fiberglass panels?
Hello, where can I buy black paint for fiberglass? thanks
Can you apply more gelcoat
The item was shipped to me and looks like they busted thru the gel coat... how to repair/
Is it true that corvettes don't use jell coat
Do you have to add primer to gel coat or just sand it with 400 grit and use a sealer then your base coat ?
YES! You still have to prime just like anything else...
Whatever happened to that 63 impala pete?
Thanks Pete thanks to you my shit looks good you know your shit man.
Yes, way different.
SITUATION IN THE HOUSE
Fiberglass motorhome? Thanks!
Sweet
I do boat repair for a living so sanding and finishing gel coat comes easy but I cannot sand car paint for the life of me. I've burned through more clear than I could even think
dom1noski just try to lighten up your pressure.. paint much softer;) hope you are not offended just a little tip;)
It’s spelled meticulous, not maticulas 😂
But yeah, this was really helpful! I have for sure noticed these air bubbles opening up here and there
Who gives a shit 😂
No solutions provided or how to check for air bubles prior to painting.
1 month to dry the primer? What about a real world scenario?
the most painful part about fixing and working on fibreglass is pin holes.
LOve the vdoes
Chop chop =^-^= just imagine working in a fiberglass shop all day everyday 😂 the smell 😉✌
Paper mill =^-^°
oh no....well Petes going to get this mess straight...but I deal in steel!
I'd rather piece together 8 steel than mess with fiberglass!
I can already feel the misery that I will go through on my robin... Unless I trust a local body shop to do it and pay like 2k for it
You can do it...
Positive thinking...
I am doing a 1985 Class A 13' tall
31' long... top to bottom... by hand...
;)
The last Travel Trailer I did.... I had painted it.
it was very old but it was also metal... I painted it
with a 4" brush... 3 coats.. with House semi-gloss paint..
NO ONE knew the difference... it looked great... stayed great
for years... ;) I even sold it for $3000. more than I thought I could.
Pete mr fiberglass kit car which he dont care for
🔥🔥🔥🤘pete
Does he need to yell?
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