Thread: Gaps & Windlace

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Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

I still say install the board and brush some resin on it to help seal and keep its shape. Humidity kills cardboard Looking good tho.

Tracy,
I appreciate that comment and I will put some resin & cloth on them today. It stands to reason that if spraying water on the panel made it so easy to bend then it is going to soften, and maybe move around over time with humidity. A coat of resin front & back will solve that, plus I can smooth out the front with some selective layers of cloth!

Tracy, are you suggesting to use fiberglass mat and resin over the cardboard to make the panel? If you were going to mount a stereo speaker in the panel, how thick should the finished 'glass panel be?
Mike

Mike, I may steal that speaker idea, too! From my experience so far two or three layers of cloth, nominal 3/32" to 1/8" finished thickness is plenty for a speaker, IMHO, but Tracy's th' man on glass!!

Tracy (or anyone who knows),
I know the steps to forming fleece over a piece to smooth the curves, but how do you form a smooth transition in a concave curve?? If I take a ring of MDF to fit a speaker, route the edge on top and cut a relief in the inside corner panel to fit the ring into a bit, then looking down from the top it will be nearly flush on the right & left, but standing proud about 3" top and bottom. What's a good way to fill the gap, pour foam in a bucket? Any trick with fleece?

Today I tackled a storage pocket in the driver's side door. I have a pair of access panels on the inner door panel, and had decided to use the front space for a storage pocket. I discovered that the window mechanism cheats into the back corner, so I slanted the top opening to compensate for the window support. Using the concept from Old Coyote I took three blocks of floral foam, glued them together to form one block and then shaped them to size for the inner pocket. Once formed I put a few layers of glass cloth on them, forming a lip to secure the pocket to the back of the door panel. Since the door panel is luan plywood, only 3/16" thick, I used a ring of 7/16" plywood which will be glued/screwed to the back side of the door panel to form a base to mount the fiberglass pocket. The glass backing piece turned out great based on my sizing criteria. I should be able to cover the glass pocket with material , roll material around the access hole in the front panel, and then mount the pocket from the back side before installing the door panel forming a finished pocket. Now to tackle the other side....