building a grp bk box for my yak part2

[shane1968]

Right part 2 the mucky bit this is a long post i gave the inside of the molding 2 coats of black gel and left it to go off .



this is the box lay-ed up with 1 layer of 450 gram matting and a strip of 300 gram mat extra around the flange
looks untidy and it was trying to go off on me the shape was a git to lay up . so i should know by now not to make my resin mixes to hot .

after about 4 hours i could break the box out of the mold but the longer you leave it to cure the better its best to leave it to cure for 12 hours or over night

i rough trimmed the box IE flange and the lower edge i so it fits where it needs to .making things with temporary white board molds will leave you some finishing work like tape marks and lumps and dips in the gel coat . but there not hard to sort out and it wont shine until its been wet flatted and polished up or you can just fill the dips and paint it .



to make the lid i used some plastic strips i had kicking about for the edges of the lid and i I'm laying up on an old shower screen door i got of ebay for £0.99 . more bargains. laying up on glass will give the best finish you will ever get with grp and it means you just need to trim and fit no finishing

all layed up the other bit of glass is for the bottom of the box and some bits to make rod holders on the box

look at the shine on that . thats stright off the glass shower door ;D

heres the glass sheet for the bottom of the box just need to put it all together now

[ZEBRA]

cant wait for part 3 to see it all put together its looking realy good well worth al the effort a brilliant post

[KITKAT22]

Nice one Shane.

Gray

[kerny]

Jun 19, 2011 8:08:37 GMT -1 ZEBRA said:

cant wait for part 3 to see it all put together its looking realy good well worth al the effort a brilliant post

I'll second the above

[snakey]

yeah .....superb...definately gonna try this...gettin fed up of braking my crates with my bungee cord. excellent post

[shane1968]

thanks guys . www.cfsnet.co.uk/ cfs do every thing you need to make a box .
LR35 Low Cost Polyester Resin 5kg is there cheep resin Price: £14.4 that will be loads my box is just 1kg at the moment .
Chopped Strand Mat 450gm 3kg should be enough to make the box and lid price £10.51
1kg pack Clear Gelcoat Price: £6.50
1kg pack Clear TopcoatPrice: £7.15
thay sell a range of pigments for around £5.00 a tin
and a you will need a small paddle roller for roling the mat out the around £4.00 . that about covers the grp stuff cost wise . CFS Fibreglass Supplies provide a step by step guide to help you get the best results when using there products. its very helpful. and im always happy to help if need to know more .
shane

[izzetafox]

A real education....

[bobbobbob]

Excellent post, will have a go at doing something like this but on a smaller scale at the mo.
Where's the next part? We're all waiting.
Bob

[bobbobbob]

Sorry just seen it finished..... Thanks