I have to say thank you, this totally works. I just managed to bend a fiberglass inner panel from a 1967 Lotus. This is 50 year old fiberglass that I was able to bend back into shape ( it had warped over the years) I was careful to keep the fiberglass temperature between 150 and 180F
I have been doing this on an aftermarket scooped hood on my 67 Camaro build. It was off on one corner and I adjusted the body as much as possible but was still about 1/4 off. I was checking to see if I could find out if I was doing something that would later just straighten back out. Its always nice to have an idea (like using a heat gun to bend fiberglass) then have it confirmed by an expert with this stuff. Ok back to heating and bending. Thanks for the video
Good tip! Worked for me. I bought the other days a Packline F90 roof box that was deformed a little bit because improper storage, the sun must be the reason (excesive heat), and with a heat gun i solved my problem.
neat. i want to bend a panel on my dune buggy (i raised the steering rack and the flat panel no longer fits) and this is pretty much how i thought it worked. gonna try it sometime soon.
Actually I have never used Carbon Fiber but.... If a Carbon Fiber piece is made using the same sort of polyester resin as we used with fiberglass it should be possible to bend using heat. A word of caution however while Carbon Fiber does not burn the polyester resin does, the heat you apply must be carefully regulated and monitored to prevent combustion.
@facebag666 I did this as an exercise to show how Fiberglass could be bent when needed for a better fit. I have done this with existing parts to improve the fit in situations where it was necessary. It beats cutting and re fiberglass the pieces to make them into a new shape.
I tried to bend a 2x2" piece of Panolam FRP using an electrical BBQ starter. The white panel started to become discolored and smell poisonous when heated to 100-150 degrees C. I continued heating for about 10 minutes up to 281 degrees C before I gave up. When heated it became more flexible than normal but it was not possible to shape much permanently - when I applied bending force, 99% of the bent angle flexed back. Also some cracks seemed to develop when I tried to force the material. Should I have applied more heat?
You utter madman, the degrees are in farenheit! If you pay close attention, in the video he says something along the lines of "here in the shop we have 70 deegres", if it was celsius he would be boiling, and if it was kelvin he would be freezing. So yeah, it's actually about 60 to 70 degrees celsius and never, ever 100. Just a quick tip, don't try this with rods, they snap.
I have to say thank you, this totally works.
I just managed to bend a fiberglass inner panel from a 1967 Lotus.
This is 50 year old fiberglass that I was able to bend back into shape ( it had warped over the years)
I was careful to keep the fiberglass temperature between 150 and 180F
Good tips. I probably would've forgot to heat only the raw side.
I have been doing this on an aftermarket scooped hood on my 67 Camaro build. It was off on one corner and I adjusted the body as much as possible but was still about 1/4 off. I was checking to see if I could find out if I was doing something that would later just straighten back out. Its always nice to have an idea (like using a heat gun to bend fiberglass) then have it confirmed by an expert with this stuff. Ok back to heating and bending. Thanks for the video
Good tip! Worked for me.
I bought the other days a Packline F90 roof box that was deformed a little bit because improper storage, the sun must be the reason (excesive heat), and with a heat gun i solved my problem.
neat. i want to bend a panel on my dune buggy (i raised the steering rack and the flat panel no longer fits) and this is pretty much how i thought it worked. gonna try it sometime soon.
How did it go? Gotta reshape fenders for a daily
Actually I have never used Carbon Fiber but....
If a Carbon Fiber piece is made using the same sort of polyester resin as we used with fiberglass it should be possible to bend using heat.
A word of caution however while Carbon Fiber does not burn the polyester resin does, the heat you apply must be carefully regulated and monitored to prevent combustion.
@facebag666 I did this as an exercise to show how Fiberglass could be bent when needed for a better fit.
I have done this with existing parts to improve the fit in situations where it was necessary. It beats cutting and re fiberglass the pieces to make them into a new shape.
You may have just showed me how to fix the warped roof (somebody put a 100 lb ac unit on a fiberglass bubbletop rv) of my 83 dodge xplorer, Thanks !
remember to only heat the raw or unfinished side of the fiberglass
My corvette hood is a little off do I hear from inside of hood or outside ??
I tried to bend a 2x2" piece of Panolam FRP using an electrical BBQ starter. The white panel started to become discolored and smell poisonous when heated to 100-150 degrees C. I continued heating for about 10 minutes up to 281 degrees C before I gave up. When heated it became more flexible than normal but it was not possible to shape much permanently - when I applied bending force, 99% of the bent angle flexed back. Also some cracks seemed to develop when I tried to force the material. Should I have applied more heat?
You utter madman, the degrees are in farenheit! If you pay close attention, in the video he says something along the lines of "here in the shop we have 70 deegres", if it was celsius he would be boiling, and if it was kelvin he would be freezing.
So yeah, it's actually about 60 to 70 degrees celsius and never, ever 100.
Just a quick tip, don't try this with rods, they snap.
@@gorkok Yeah I get that, but mine would not bend at such low temperature. If it did, it would change its shape after a warm summer.
Audio is hard to follow.
Its as if listening to nasa astronauts broadcasts
why not just glass your own parts to each car?