Firstly, I'm only a amateur fibreglasser, but have made a few of my lower dashboards for folks Chesils in GRP...mdmax72 wrote: Been putting this bit of for a while, as I'm more of a metal guy and a few of you guys are dabbling in grp. What would you suggest the best way to do the dash. Chesil cut-out for the ignition and indicator body. Why!!! Anyhow it needs filling, what's the best way of doing it. Will all the clocks etc need to come out?? Any ideas welcome...
You could probably tackle it from either the front or the back, but both is probably best!
Personally, I'd take the clocks out (its going to be a messy job), and use a mix of masking tape and plasticine on the dashboard to form the shape you want for the rear surface of the missing bodywork. Then (after putting release coat on the tape, unless using special tape that resin doesn't adhere to) lay glass fibre over that having taken off the gel coat around the periphery so that you can bond the new glass to old. You can then topcoat that making sure there are no high spots (or use a layer of filler) and sand back smooth.
Then remove the tape and put a reinforcing layer of glass over the interface between old and new on the rear.
PM me if you want to chat on the phone about it.
Simon