Re: Repairing sheet metal with fiberglass

Posted by Ken McWilliams on January 15, 2001 at 09:07:23 from (38.232.245.127):

In Reply to: Repairing sheet metal with fiberglass posted by Terry on January 14, 2001 at 19:01:19:

Terry,

Many new tractors today have compression molded fiberglass fenders. Fiberglass fenders is a reasonable way to go. I agree with T_Bone - patching the steel fenders with fiberglass is not a long-term solution.

You can patch your old fenders and then make a mold off of them. Use modeling clay to fill in the undercuts or reverse draft areas.

I used to work for a company that made fiberglass chemical tanks and pipe. It seemed that several fellas in the shop were into making Corvette parts due to the experience. They would buy a new Corvette body component, wax it and apply polyvinyl alcohol and make molds off of the purchased parts. Then they would return the Corvette part to the GM parts dealer.

Fiberglass is a good way to go. To add stiffening ribs, glue wood stips onto the molded part and layup more fiberglass over it.

I'm surprised that I haven't seen more fiberglass parts on older tractors - I see it frequently on restored street machines.

Ken McWilliams
Dayton, OH

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