Fiberglass sucks!

[taters]

Well after about 30 hours of labor finally done with the fiberglass on my "new" Cherokee 160..had lots of help for the paint..and thank God for that!

 

[Skylane81E]

I love it, messy, but rewarding when you get a nice smooth, strong part

 

[taters]

I love it, messy, but rewarding when you get a nice smooth, strong part

For sure rewarding. The nose bowl had to basically be rebuilt where it joins together. An IA friend of mine did nothing short of a magic job making it out of aluminum...it is now in much better shape tan when it left Piper in 76.

 

[frfly172]

Great looking job,now go out and show it off flying.

 

[rbridges]

let us know how well it holds up. The mooney cowls are notorious for developing stress lines. In fact, I've got a small spiderweb in the paint on top of mine. From what I've read, they come back if the repair job is done incorrectly.

 

[taters]

let us know how well it holds up. The mooney cowls are notorious for developing stress lines. In fact, I've got a small spiderweb in the paint on top of mine. From what I've read, they come back if the repair job is done incorrectly.

Same for the 2 piece piper 140 style cowls. Basically the guy fabricated and bonded aluminum into and over the pathetic fiberglass joints so the stress is now re-focused and spread out more evenly. Hes done a bunch of cowlings like this and he hast had to repair one yet....before I fly it Im going to install some clear Polyurethane tape on the wheel pants and maybe some on the upper cowl just for extra protection.

 

[Jay Honeck]

I don't mean to scare you, but I paid beaucoup bucks to a Corvette shop to re-do the cowl on my Piper Warrior. It was all cracked up, with spider webs and stress fractures.

When they were through, it was gorgeous. Flawless, even.

A year later, it was cracking again. I was really, really angry and disappointed.

I hope you have better luck.

 

[N801BH]

Nice spray booth.....

Parts look nice and shiny too...

What product did ya shoot on it?