jono2020
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| posted on 19/8/10 at 08:30 PM |
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Cracked body work
On my bonnet it has cracked from where I have taken it off. Does anyone know a way of repairing it without getting a new bonnet?
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PSpirine
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| posted on 19/8/10 at 08:58 PM |
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Could you post a picture of it? I assume it's fibreglass? If so, repair shouldn't be too difficult.
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perksy
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| posted on 19/8/10 at 08:59 PM |
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Have repaired and gel coated a few now
How bad/big is the crack and where is it on the bonnet ?
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jono2020
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| posted on 20/8/10 at 10:25 AM |
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it is at the front in the middle. Its just from where someone has not been careful taking the bonnet off and cracked about 15mm
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perksy
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| posted on 20/8/10 at 06:18 PM |
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To stop the crack spreading further you will need to drill a hole at the end of the crack, just through the gel coat (not all the way through the
bonnet)
Use a drill just slightly bigger than the thickness of the crack
Either use a blunt drill or use a normal drill and run it in reverse
Scrape along the crack with a sharp edge until a slight 'V' is formed
Mix up some coloured gel coat with some MEKP Hardener and some Wax solution
Use a mixture of 2% by volume for each of these
Apply the mixture with a match stick or similar
Leave to Harden before flatting and final polishing up
You can get away without using the wax solution but you will need to exclude the Air by using selotape or similar
I buy my supplies from CFS
http://www.cfsnet.co.uk/
HTH
[Edited on 20/8/10 by perksy]
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