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Simple Methods of Repairing Fiberglass Parts
One day while we were out of the office, some friends dropped off this pair of seats with a note stating, “We actually found these seats in the parking lot at Wal-Mart and thought you might be able to use them!”
As you can see by the “before” photo, the seats were in horrible condition, but they really had a nice vintage shape. They would work perfectly for our “Fiberglass Fix-Up.”
The seats had old duct tape around their splintered edges and the California sun had turned the tape’s adhesive into a brown goop underneath. It took nearly a quart of acetone, a pile of old rags and several hours to remove all of the goop.
Once the seats were cleaned up, they didn’t look too bad. We asked the guys at our local auto body supply store to recommend a fiberglass expert. They referred us to Dennis Rummens at Foreign Motors in Temple City, California. Rummens has been working with fiberglass for over 30 years. In fact, he was restoring the body of a ’57 fuelie Corvette factory racecar (one of approximately 45 built) when we arrived.
Rummens recommended some new fiberglass products to us and we came back the next day with the products and the seats. Follow along as he shows us some easy fiberglass repair methods.
