Make a fiberglass fan shroud
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| − | I use polyester surfacing primer on all of my plugs and one-offs. Evercoat-Fiberglass Co. makes a material called [http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=171 Featherfill], Poly Lux, Inc. makes a polyester surfacing primer, and [http://www.duratec1.com/ProductList.html Hawkeye Industries] (under their Duratec line)has a line of primers that are well suited to filling all of the pores and sandscratch marks left by shaping. | + | I use polyester surfacing primer on all of my plugs and one-offs. Evercoat-Fiberglass Co. makes a material called [http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=171 Featherfill], Poly Lux, Inc. makes a polyester surfacing primer, and [http://www.duratec1.com/ProductList.html Hawkeye Industries] (under their Duratec product line) has a line of primers that are well suited to filling all of the pores and sandscratch marks left by shaping. |
I like the [http://www.duratec1.com/dp04.html Duratec surfacing primer] the best, because you can build up to .040" in a single application. | I like the [http://www.duratec1.com/dp04.html Duratec surfacing primer] the best, because you can build up to .040" in a single application. | ||
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| + | |[[Image:67duratec.JPG|center|thumb|The Duratec polyester surfacing primer.]] | ||
| + | |[[Image:68this primer has some solids.JPG|center|thumb|As you can see, this is a high solids primer.]] | ||
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| − | + | Nothing fancy in the way of spray guns here. The primer was sprayed with a very old Devilbiss that I bought at a garage sale for $1.00. | |
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| + | |[[Image:Spraying primer.JPG|center|thumb|Spraying the primer.]] | ||
| + | |[[Image:Primered part.JPG|center|The part is now primed.]] | ||
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| − | + | Now that this part is primed with the polyester coating, it can be sanded and top coated with whatever paint system you like. | |
| − | + | Also, if I was going to make several of these parts, I could sand and polish the surface, wax it and use it to create a mold with which I could duplicate it many times over... | |
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