fider glass cover...

[caslor]

hi !!

i have made a fiber glass dash cover-console ...
my design in order to place all my gauges ,cd player ,car pc and air ducts from A/C unit ..

i was thinking to paint it...

but is any other solution??

i heard about a material that u can use it and look like one that new car have...

any idea??

thanks

[MNAirHead]

Caslor..

Sorry about not totally understanding.

There are US made fiberglass dashes that are only about $39USD shipped (to the US)

Product you may be thinking of is "gel coat"

You can make a piece out of thin board and then fiberglass over it.. in the US we call it "LUAN"

Am I on the right track

[caslor]

here is the basic structure.. without the cuts for placing all the instrument + switches





and here is what i am going to place




so i had to build my own console-dash board ...

to many things + pc screen


but i think that gel coat must be the product that i am looking for..

i will check it in the net for more information

[MNAirHead]

Gel Coat may have an other name..

In the US we commonly buy it from Boat repair faciliites etc...

I've always painted - not gel coated...

If you can not get it in Greece and want me to forward/customs - just let me know.

Cool dash.. how did you form it.

[caslor]

ohh gel coat... you mean the product that we place in boats... i know that (i own a 25 feet sailing boat )


i am looking about a product that is like a rubber ....

but maybe the best - simple solution is to paint it as you said


about the form...

first i take a tape and cover all the dashboard




after that i use one product that dont know how you are calling it .. so will describe it in order to understand what it is..


it is in big spray bottles with hose... after you press the top .. it cames out as a mush.. and start get bigger..
after some hours outside is hard and inside is like a sponge.

they use it for closing gaps between doors and walls when they placing the door frames ... hope make you understand what product is that i used


so i take this product and start place it on dashboard... in different layers ..
it is a tricky staff and stuck .. thats why i place the tapes on dashboard..in order can remove it after all this..







i left it became hard 1-2 days and then start cut it with a knife - blade to the form i like















i find out that the cups from ordinary paint spray we use... have the same diameter (little bigger) than the gauges







after that i take a filler









and apply one or two layers on the top of my console






and after that i make it smooth with sand paper








now i was ready to apply wax before start placing the fiber glass sheets ...

the filler was for make it smooth without small sponge holes
and the was was in order to separate easily the fiberglass from the base...



sorry about my English