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What filler for fibreglass repair?
corrado vr6 - 22/7/13 at 09:05 PM

Hi there, now I have extended my jago body I have feathered the join on the exterior side and glassed the repair using 450g fibreglass strand matting and resin I managed to get 3 layers of matting on, so now I need to fill the repair to help blend it in however the repair is almost flush, do I need to use anything special as its fibreglass or is normal body filler suitable?

Cheers Greg


twybrow - 22/7/13 at 09:41 PM

Normal filler will be just fine. Key it up before you apply your filler and away you go!


austin man - 22/7/13 at 09:53 PM

you could use P38 then filler the P38 is a fiberglass mix mix fill sand down then skim of filler


cliftyhanger - 23/7/13 at 05:19 AM

http://www.u-pol.com/product-cat/105/glass-fibre-fillers.htm

the fibral stuff is brilliant, very fine strands and easy to use. nowhere near as coarse as bridging fillers.
On the final layer, a decent polyester filler would be fine, and a little acrylic stopper for the imperfections after that.


cliftyhanger - 23/7/13 at 05:19 AM

http://www.u-pol.com/product-cat/105/glass-fibre-fillers.htm

the fibral stuff is brilliant, very fine strands and easy to use. nowhere near as coarse as bridging fillers.
On the final layer, a decent polyester filler would be fine, and a little acrylic stopper for the imperfections after that.