i am in the process of doing a hack job repairing some rather severe
body damage to my van and have a couple of questions.  i was able to
hammer the damaged panel to within an inch or so of the panel it
seperated from, now i plan to fiberglass over the gap.  i am planning
to tape over the gap from the outside, spray in some expanding foam
then sand it into shape to form a base for the glass.  what i'm
wondering about is the best way to keep the fiberglass from sliding
down the side of the vertical surface while i wait for the resin to
set.  i was thinking of taping the top of the fiber to some metal then
coming back later to put resin on the topmost part after the rest has
set.  but i also saw that bondo makes a "jelly resin".  has anyone had
experience with this?  is it a good "non sag" solution for putting a
lot of glass on a vertical surface?  any other suggestions on getting
this to stick?

next question:  i'm going to do a nice hack paint job over my hack
body work.  i was thinking of using rust oleum rusty metal primer and
then some matte black brush applied paint.  anyone know if this is
compatible with whatever vw paint i dont sand off?  anyone have a rec
of good brand of paint?

thanks.

Ben.