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So I tried making a fiberglass sub box for my 12" yesterday and it didnt go so well as I had hoped. I started by using painters tape to cover the area in the right side of my mazda 6 I taped around the area well... after that i lined the tape with aluminum foil (i used 3m adhesive spray to help it stay on so gravity wouldnt mess things up) After that I began to line the area with fiberglass mat this is where things went bad. After lining the area with the mat (using some 3m adhesive again to prevent gravity) when that was lined I mixed the resin up and started to apply but the resin was globby and difficult to apply with a paintbrush (again not sure of proper brush technique) apparently the 3m wasnt holding well at all and the fiberglass mat started caving in. I had to scrap the whole thing to try again later, if i had let it dry it would've been all messed up.
I'm going to try again only this time im going to really use alot of 3m adhesive spray (last time i used just a bit) Im hoping that will do the trick but in the mean time I decided to try and get some advice from you guys out there. Also how should it be applied Im trying not to make it so globby and get an even coat of resin on the fiber mat. Any help would most likely save me time and money so it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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glue and wet resin do not mix. Anytime that you lay resin on something that is being held with any sort of spray glue the resin will act as a release agent. Try coating the aluminum foil with resin first and then laying the mat on that. You may have to make your first coat of mat fairly light so that it doesnt start to fall off of the foil but then you can use that as your base to work off of. As for the "globby" resin you may have mixed it a little too hot or possibly wait a little too long after adding the hardener. You have to work pretty quick with that stuff.
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