Fiberglass repair

PostPost by: bigvalvehead » Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:46 pm

As far as I am aware chopper guns spraying fibres and resin mix were not used on the Elan shells.
That came later.
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PostPost by: tdskip » Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:50 pm

To follow on here - is there a difference in repair approach for external facing body panels vs interior (engine bay specifically)?
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PostPost by: RichC » Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:03 pm

it's the same . However, the satin black finish is very forgiving of blemishes 8)
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PostPost by: tdskip » Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:54 pm

Thanks Rich - forgiving is good!
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