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On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 22:20, John Jaranson wrote: > Sure you could make a carbon or glass composite rocker repair panel. I > think I would be a little concerned with making a complete rocker skin > out of glass or carbon since this is a structural area. Not that it > couldn't be made structural, it is just harder to do and do right. The > polyurethane foam (like Great Stuff) would make a pretty good core > material, especially if it is foamed oversized and then sanded back to > shape. This cuts the skin off the foam and opens the cell structure of > the foam up to get a better bond between the core and the composite > skin. > John, Could we pull a mold off of Everett B's Ghia and make a composite front clip for my Ghia??? wink, wink. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~