Cap Rack Fiberglassing!
- Now you've gotten to the fun part of the construction
of this beast. The fiberglassing of the sucker. Keep in mind that fiberglass
should be used with caution. As we found out, don't fiberglass with just
the window open and only 4 hours sleep the night before after working all
day and now into the night. Use gloves, goggles if sanding and always use
a respirator. It looks like you are in the middle of a gas chamber, but
at least you won't die or something. However, there are some good sides
to not using any protection and working long, late hours. If you are going
out drinking like we did in the construction of this, you will definitely
get drunk faster and feel a better buzz! Also, if you got in a fight with
your parents, it is a great sleep aid at 2:00 at night. This way, they
won't get mad when you use that 130db bench grinder at 3:00 in the morning
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sorry dad).
Good luck.
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- Fun Fun Fun. Now its time to apply your first
coat of glass. We added a touch too much hardener, but this ended up lessening
the drying time. We applied it with a foam brush (because they are cheap)
evenly and got the cloth wet enough, but not so wet that it would soak
through. Only apply it to the backside of the cloth so you won't have to
sand any more than you have to on the front.
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- Keep adding glass layer by layer and even add
some cloth if you want some extra strength. I did this with one of the
first layers. Make sure you get the glass into the cracks where the cloth
meets the wood to get a good hold to the frame.
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- These are just some miscellaneous pics
of the layers being added and the drying process. I found that a heat gun
is quite effective as well as a couple of heaters from Crappy Tire. After
letting the whole thing dry over night, you can pull it from the mold and
sand the front smooth. Unfortunately, none of the pics of the dis-assembly,
sanding, or vinyling came out, so just imagine how good it looks. After
the vinyl was added, I made a couple of pieces of wood to fit around the
back, top and sides so that the cap rack won't crack, be blown apart or
leak any air from the pressure.
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- Here is a pic of it once it's vinyled and put
in the box. Looks pretty good so far eh?
- Soon to come are pics of the new fiberglass amp
rack.