Looking for an Eberle trailer door
On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 1:17:33 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I have had success in making small fiberglass parts using epoxy over foam method. I'd get a 4x4x1" sheet of closed cell pink foam from Homedepo (don't use open-cell styrofoam because it doesn't sand well),heat shape it to the gentle curve of the front of your trailer, then sand in a nice radius all around using a long sanding block. Then lay-on 3 layers of 6oz cloth orientated 45 degrees from vertical. You must use epoxy because boat resin eats styrofoam. After curing, trim the edges and dig out the foam.........or, just leave it there, except where the hinges and handle goes. Fill and paint.........seems like I remember having a red door on my Eberly.
Have fun,
JJ
Further to JJ technique:
If I want the "mold" to go away, I do the following:
After shaping, cover the entire surface with masking tape as smoothly as practical. Overlaps don't matter.
Wax the heck out of the resulting surface.
Do lay up.
Peel and scrape the foam out after curing.
This is an easier clean up than trying to get foam crap off the layup.
Good Luck
UH
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