fiberglass furniture. any info?

seantree

Just wondering if anyone has ever worked with fiberglass in any way. I am currently attempting to get info on creating fiberglass furniture and am running into some probs. There seems to be little info out there, or I'm totally missing it. I've gathered that I'll need high density foam to create my base structure then use fiberglass cloth to cover it. I guess what I'm asking is this, which type of fiberglass cloth would be used? If anyone has any idea, or has stumbled upon a link to info I'd appreciate it. I only seem to be able to locate designer galleries etc..

Rhinokey

http://www.shopmaninc.com/cloth.html
http://www.fiberglasssite.com/servlet/StoreFront?gclid=CMHgtZvYj5ECFQpZHgodtEuJAw i've done it a bit,
put cloth down coat it with epoxy getting out all the bubbles and forming it to the shape you want, repeat till desired thickness is reached

Jesse Moody

Yeah it is basically the same application as say car stereo speaker boxes and custom fabrications. You can use mdf, foam, card board, whatever to design your own and then Lay the fiberglass over it.

Do this in a well ventilated area at room temperature for best results. Use gloves too.

Good to have a good sander and respirator. Breathing that shit will kill ya.

seantree

thanks a ton guys!!!

flaagan

Use carbon fiber, it's the way of the future!

pliang

Carbon fiber's now like 4 times the cost of what it used to be...

flaagan

Amusingly enough, GM's using the new ZR1 as a test bed for the idea of most of their future fleet being made from carbon fiber; they're using the super-corvette to test durability and resilience of the car... granted, I think they're gonna find anyone buying a new ZR1 is gonna baby the damn thing so much (sunny-weekends-only owners) that they're not gonna get much out of it.