Hey all,
My first attempts at fiberglassing and bondo have proven... interesting.
No issues with the fiberglass, very easy to use.
The bondo body filler on the other hand, ohh boy! I am hoping to salvage this and the details from the helmet. As well as not run in to these issues on future piece builds.
I have watched many tuturiol videos but one in particular had exceptional detail retained but no huge amount of information about that process. I want to complete something to its caliber.
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This is what I did:
1. Pep & built
2. Glass the outside
3. Glass the inside
4. 2nd coat of glass on the inside with cloth
5. Bondo body filler on the outside... attempted to sand (Blocks, small files and Dremel)
6. Frustrated with the loss of detail cut out the visor in attempts to sand detail at better angles... smoothed out much but not happy at all with my mistake.
Here are my question:
1. Should I glass the outside, rondo the inside than dremel all the detail on the outside first?
2. Does using Rondo on the inside AND outside prove easier to retain detail and not lose it?
3. After having detail sanded down do I still bondo the ENTIRE helmet or simply use it as a material to round out or fill in gaps?
Greatly appreciate the help folks!
--
Here is the embarassment.
Pep'd
Butchered from poor bondo user ;-)
My first attempts at fiberglassing and bondo have proven... interesting.
No issues with the fiberglass, very easy to use.
The bondo body filler on the other hand, ohh boy! I am hoping to salvage this and the details from the helmet. As well as not run in to these issues on future piece builds.
I have watched many tuturiol videos but one in particular had exceptional detail retained but no huge amount of information about that process. I want to complete something to its caliber.
--
This is what I did:
1. Pep & built
2. Glass the outside
3. Glass the inside
4. 2nd coat of glass on the inside with cloth
5. Bondo body filler on the outside... attempted to sand (Blocks, small files and Dremel)
6. Frustrated with the loss of detail cut out the visor in attempts to sand detail at better angles... smoothed out much but not happy at all with my mistake.
Here are my question:
1. Should I glass the outside, rondo the inside than dremel all the detail on the outside first?
2. Does using Rondo on the inside AND outside prove easier to retain detail and not lose it?
3. After having detail sanded down do I still bondo the ENTIRE helmet or simply use it as a material to round out or fill in gaps?
Greatly appreciate the help folks!
--
Here is the embarassment.
Pep'd
Butchered from poor bondo user ;-)