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Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
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Andy
Ready for SVA
Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:22 pm Posts: 363 Location: Ireland
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Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
Whats the best stuff to use to cover over the bare fibreglass inside the engine bay, under the bonnet and boot lid, is there a form of undersealer that sets solid, any help appreciated.
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Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:55 pm |
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the other Tim
The Terrible Tims
Joined: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:23 pm Posts: 487 Location: suffolk GTM: Cox/Coupe
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
Andy When i did a lot or glassfibre work on a speedboat i painted the bare fibreglass in the engine bay with resin and some proper colour tint mixed into it. I'm not sure where you'd get it from now though. I cleaned the fibreglass first with acetone and the coloured resin stuck like s**t to a blanket
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Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:39 pm |
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Andy
Ready for SVA
Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:22 pm Posts: 363 Location: Ireland
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
Yeah I thought of that but I was more looking into the epoxy based undersealers in say matt black, that way it should hide a lot of the imperfections etc as well as giving a good hard wearing surface, I been looking at a few on the web but wanted to know what other people have used in the past.
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Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:59 pm |
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RaymondH
On the Road
Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:11 pm Posts: 604
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
I bought a tin of Protectakote on ebay but I haven't tried it yet. It's a rubberoid stuff that's meant for things like pick-up truck beds so it should be hard wearing. It comes in different colours and can be overpainted too.
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Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:17 pm |
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reddi-eng
Part built GTM
Joined: Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:08 am Posts: 70 Location: Worcestershire GTM: Rossa
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
the other Tim wrote: Andy When i did a lot or glassfibre work on a speedboat i painted the bare fibreglass in the engine bay with resin and some proper colour tint mixed into it. I'm not sure where you'd get it from now though. I think these guys do the pigments to mix in resin... http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/Home/tabid/38/Default.aspx
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Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:19 pm |
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Pantera2075
On the Road
Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:38 am Posts: 740 Location: Stoke
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
For a cheap easy option, silicone garage floor paint.
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Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:28 pm |
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Dino
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Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:54 pm Posts: 375
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
Must say I've used a cheap Bituminous paint, can't remember who recommended it but it seems to do the job. It dries to a rubbery flexible finish, supposed to reduce star cracking due to stone chips and the like. Came from Screwfix: http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=CSGW1KFC2AUSACSTHZOSFFY?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=78388&searchbutton.x=0&searchbutton.y=0&searchbutton=submit
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Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:41 pm |
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gtmdriver
On the Road
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:44 am Posts: 632 Location: Chester le Street
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
Stonechip aerosol is as good as anything I find.
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Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:30 am |
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Andy
Ready for SVA
Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:22 pm Posts: 363 Location: Ireland
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Re: Engine bay,bonnet,boot lid and arch sealer
I've been told epoxy mastic paint is the bees knees, any experience with this product, (Stonechip aerosol is as good as anything I find) this was my initial feeling of what to use, any specific brand to use or steer clear of?
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