Blazer fiberglass repair

[bigbadchev84]

Well the rain started today, So Im gonna have to get on my 72's top sooner than I thought. The previos owner had a ghetto roof rack on the canopy that I took off, Now i have the holes in the roof that he drilled to attach it. What is the best way to go about filling these holes?

Also what is a good paint to use? I was also thinking about heculiner on it, I know everyone will say its gonna be too heavy, But it cant wiegh anymore than the can does right?

 

[bigbadchev84]

anyone?

 

[wforicv]

Just a thought- If the holes are not too big you could try some two part epoxy. Tape the from the inside and fill from the outside. Sand smooth and paint. You should be able to search the net for fiberglass repair sites also. I have done a little fiberglass but I am no pro. I had a lot of help by someone that knew what they were doing. I believe Ryoken is a fiberglass master. Maybe he can help.
I thought about herculiner on my top as well. Should not add that much weight if you just roll on a thin coat. I just got a soft top so I am not going to do it now.

 

[jonathon]

You getting the rain too over there? thought they called that the dry side....

My top was off I got nice and wet inside.. good thing there isn't any carpet in there I need to fix the rear glass before I even think of doing the top though.

 

[lectric80]

Send a PM to ryoken, he specializes in this stuff. He can give you a ton of information on repairing this type of stuff.

 

[ryoken]

Well the rain started today, So Im gonna have to get on my 72's top sooner than I thought. The previos owner had a ghetto roof rack on the canopy that I took off, Now i have the holes in the roof that he drilled to attach it. What is the best way to go about filling these holes?

Also what is a good paint to use? I was also thinking about heculiner on it, I know everyone will say its gonna be too heavy, But it cant wiegh anymore than the can does right?

Thanks for the props fellas....

There's quite a few ways and products to go about doing this...

The correct way is to taper grind them out and glass them... But the easiest method will be to taper grind them some, put some tape behind them and fill them with Dynaglass, sand, prime and paint..

If you don't taper cut them, the chances of the repair "popping", in other words, the outer edge of the repair showing later is greater... Glassing is the proper way to ensure that doesn't happen.. But with that small a hole, the Dynaglass should hold up fine..

I like 24 grit, 2" Roloc grinding discs for such a project...

or an aluminum cut carbide burr

As far as Herculiner... No reason not to other than typical problems with exposed bedliners, fading... UV protectant may help... weight certainly isn't an issue...