REPAIRING FIBREGLASS BODIES

In this, the first of four articles about GRP, we shall be looking at the basic equipment, materials, and the safety aspects.
The following articles will cover causes of gel cracking and accident damage, repairs and, finally, stripping and preparing GRP bodies for painting.
So, having acquired your GRP-bodied dream car all smothered in cracks and accident damage, you have to understand what glassfibre is all about and how to go about repairing it.

The most important thing to realise is that it takes an awful lot of time and you can’t skimp on anything, otherwise the final repairs will look like the surface of the moon.

All repair techiques are the same whether you’re working on a Reliant Robin or a GT4O, and why some professionals charge an arm and a leg for repairing a high-class GRP car is beyond me because it takes the same amount of time to repair a crack on a Reliant Robin as it does on a 308 GTB Ferrari.

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