plexiglass

Mr Lefty · 01-19-2009, 06:40 PM

nice... yeah it'll be easy... and if you fuck up... quick to start over!

get some sand paper to help shape it

MikeSP1 · 01-19-2009, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebbs15

nice... yeah it'll be easy... and if you fuck up... quick to start over!

get some sand paper to help shape it

I've got cardboard and a box cutter, I need spray foam and sand paper for now. This'll be a lot easier than what I was thinking 'cause I'll probably screw this up at least once. Thanks

Mr Lefty · 01-19-2009, 06:50 PM

lol I used to make at least 4 molds before I got one right

just remember that spray foam expands with alot of pressure... so very little is needed

I was help'n a buddy put in a window in his adac and he got some spray foam for around the window... neither of us had ever used it so we sprayed alot to fill it up... it started spilling out but we cleaned it up... 2 mins later... the window went fly'n out, and down 3 stories down to the ground... crazy shit.

MikeSP1 · 01-19-2009, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebbs15

lol I used to make at least 4 molds before I got one right

just remember that spray foam expands with alot of pressure... so very little is needed

I was help'n a buddy put in a window in his adac and he got some spray foam for around the window... neither of us had ever used it so we sprayed alot to fill it up... it started spilling out but we cleaned it up... 2 mins later... the window went fly'n out, and down 3 stories down to the ground... crazy shit.

Nice, I'll keep that in mind

was92v · 01-19-2009, 09:10 PM

I have done some work with both as a one time parts making experiments. I found about 3/4 of a stock car windshield laying in the road where it had fallen out of a truck. It was lexan and still had the protective paper on the plastic. It will bend pretty easy with heat. I made a seat and tail for a 350 drag bike out of it. The paint looked great. I painted it inside out, like a clear slot car body for those on here old enough to remember such things. Decals, then top candy, then base, etc.. on the inside so it had a 1/4 inch of clear (lexan) on the outside.

was92v · 01-19-2009, 09:15 PM

The next year I made a one piece lift off body out of aluminum screen and fiberglass "boat repair kits" from the Ace hardware. It didn't look all that great but it worked.
Actually the bike looked better to me without any body work.

was92v · 01-19-2009, 09:19 PM

Fiberglass body

01-19-2009, 09:10 PM	#5
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	I have done some work with both as a one time parts making experiments. I found about 3/4 of a stock car windshield laying in the road where it had fallen out of a truck. It was lexan and still had the protective paper on the plastic. It will bend pretty easy with heat. I made a seat and tail for a 350 drag bike out of it. The paint looked great. I painted it inside out, like a clear slot car body for those on here old enough to remember such things. Decals, then top candy, then base, etc.. on the inside so it had a 1/4 inch of clear (lexan) on the outside. Last edited by was92v; 05-14-2010 at 07:24 PM..

01-19-2009, 09:19 PM	#7
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	Fiberglass body Last edited by was92v; 05-14-2010 at 07:24 PM..

01-19-2009, 06:40 PM	#1
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	nice... yeah it'll be easy... and if you fuck up... quick to start over! get some sand paper to help shape it

01-19-2009, 06:50 PM	#3
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	lol I used to make at least 4 molds before I got one right just remember that spray foam expands with alot of pressure... so very little is needed I was help'n a buddy put in a window in his adac and he got some spray foam for around the window... neither of us had ever used it so we sprayed alot to fill it up... it started spilling out but we cleaned it up... 2 mins later... the window went fly'n out, and down 3 stories down to the ground... crazy shit.

01-19-2009, 09:15 PM	#6
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	The next year I made a one piece lift off body out of aluminum screen and fiberglass "boat repair kits" from the Ace hardware. It didn't look all that great but it worked. Actually the bike looked better to me without any body work.