Im doing an enclosure in the spare tire well for my 2 Xtant 12's. Im using the Tape trick for the Tub and then a frame then fleece to make the form, Any Advice guys?? I think im gonna do my whole Floor in the trunk in fiberglass?? more advice!!??

 

ditto

 

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I have lots of advice, but I'm not 100% sure what your plan is, so I have some concerns/questions.

1. The frame/fleece thing is for the baffle correct, not the tub? for the tub you want straight fiberglass to a wood frame.

2. You may find it easier to use packing tape for the mold of the tub. I have also used tin foil with great success. If you use masking tape, get the green stuff or blue stuff from 3M, it has less tack to it, so it will come out easier. I would also use PVA or car wax to help get it out.

3. Be sure you use laminating or layup resin, not finishing resin

4. Get knytex and some cloth, I don' t waste my time with chop matt.

5. Cut down the bristles of your brush to about 1" long. It will make it easier to get the bubbles out. Use a stipple motion and not a brushing motion

6. Speaking of bubbles, get a fiberglass roller - $15 well spent Then when you have laid down a full layer of glass, you can come back and roll in another layer of mat dry. that matt should soak up the extra resin you used to wet up the first pieces. Wet you pieces outside of the box and out of place, then apply to the mold - much easier.

7. Get some cab-o-sil filler too...looks like talc powder. when all is said an done on the tub, mix resin and filler until it is the thickness of a milkshake. Brush that on really thick all over the inside of the tub mold. That will ensure no pinhole airleaks.

8. Make it so that you can get to the backside of the baffle. Apply your fiberglass there.

9. I would plan ahead and make sure that you can build the baffle and the tub apart from each other, then join the two together, it will make any sanding, etc MUCH easier.

That's about all I can think of off of the top of my head...there's more I'm sure, but without more info from you, I'm just kinda guessing.

 

All im gonna say is Release agent, respirator, and Gloves, Gloves,Gloves

 

make sure you have everything at hand, it really sucks if you run out of something or have too go looking. everything else I wanted to say has been said so good luck.

 

sweet deal thanx man... What the best way to attach the tub and the upper half together??? also how would I build it up to use my 2 Xtants... Any pics would help alot!!

 

when I attached the top to the tub I used a whole bunch of silicone adheasive and quite a few screws.
Predrill for the screws, if you dont the MDF (if your using MDF) will break apart.

I'll get a pic later. to show what I mean

 

A good trick to apply resin to the fleece, use a bondo spreader instead of a roller, works alot better.