Uh... what part of Arkansas are you from?

Cya,
Robert

On 10/18/07, Ben S <phlogiston420@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>