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Re: Cracked fiberglass body

To: "George J. Malaska" <bricklingeorge@email.msn.com>,
Subject: Re: Cracked fiberglass body
From: "Greg Monfort" <wingracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 00:45:30 -0400
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>  Why waste all your time doing all kinds of exotic, unproven
things to save
>the cracked acrylics?
 If it is cracked that severly, by the time you strip
>the acrylic and build it back up to the original thickness or grind
the
>cracks, fill them, gel coat them, wouldn't it be easier, faster,
cheaper to
>just install fiberglass and be done with it? That way if it gets
hurt you
>can easily repair it and be on your way.

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I wouldn't, and said so for the same reasons, when this thread came
up once before. Some folks didn't much care for my pragmatism, so
now I just respond to questions and (mostly) keep my opinions to
myself (not to imply that you or anyone else should though).
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I have yet to see severly
>cracked acrylics hold up to any repairs for a very long time. Just
something
>to ponder.

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Fiberglass panels don't hold up too well either (check out some used
'Vettes being sold privately), but that's a story for another day.

GM

>George.





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