Posts by michael hurd

Quote:Originally Posted by noah katz I' ve never seen an epoxy that's as low viscosity as CA. You could also look into Loctite's bearing repair stuff for filling gaps between bearing races and worn housings. I use Loctite products...

You will have loose fibers that will become airborne, and blow out of the port, as well as falling on the back of the driver, and getting sucked into the voice coil gap. I would suggest using something other than fiberglass. If it was a...

Do you have any sweeps with the mains and the subs together>? When running the sweep, were the amps on for the main speakers? Try re-running the sweep with the speaker wires for the mains disconnected from the amplifier end, and shorted.

Just take it easy on the volumes at first until you are certain you aren't going to hurt it. You can always add solid material in the box to reduce volume, like gluing in a couple of 2 x 4" chunks.

Disclaimer... I have never used GG before, or know of the best practices, but I would imagine that you would have to also seal the corner joints with an elastomeric caulking of some kind. I would probably use something like Sikaflex 221....

#3...... Paint...?!, are you sure you are feeling ok?

I know what you mean about an aftermarket 'glass hood... I blocked one for a friend and sprayed it when I did a complete on his Camaro.... between all the rounds of blocking the gellcoat, filling pinholes in the gellcoat, and priming, I...

It's a truck hood.... not a show car, as well the lights in the shop make it look worse than it actually is. It was also sprayed in a garage without proper make up air, temperature control, etc. I can put out a great finish if I have a...

No problem.

If you use a dozen coats, you either don't know what you are doing, or lack proper prep. There shouldn't be any defects prior to painting.