- Hardcover: 260 pages
- Publisher: Tab Books (May 1988)
- ISBN-10: 0830602798
- ISBN-13: 978-0830602797
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,069,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Step-by-step instructions cover everything from safety precautions to materials selection to the final lamination process. Practice exercises offer hands-on experience for with glass cloth, mat, core materials, and resins. Information is provided on molding, structural concepts, and the caring for cured fiberglass. There is even a list of suppliers, repair techniques for materials other than fiberglass, and a complete section on covering wood with fiberglass. Reviewers praise the first edition: '...provides an excellent introduction to working with fiberglass for new construction and for repairs' - "Finescale Modeler". 'A good general reference for persons starting to work with fiberglass reinforced plastics...worth having' - "Road & Track".'Readers learn how to mend everything from bathtubs to swimming pools, to rustproof and customize cars, and much more' - "Antique Motor News". '...an indispensable book...' - "Ohio Fisherman". '...excellent text for anyone contemplating fiberglass work of any magnatude' - "Book Reviews". '...describes the strength, durability and lightness of fiberglass, while exploring a great many of its astonishing number of applications' - Wright Publishing Co.
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Step-by-step instructions cover everything from safety precautions to materials selection to the final lamination process. Practice exercises offer hands-on experience for with glass cloth, mat, core materials, and resins. Information is provided on molding, structural concepts, and the caring for cured fiberglass. There is even a list of suppliers, repair techniques for materials other than fiberglass, and a complete section on covering wood with fiberglass. Reviewers praise the first edition: "...provides an excellent introduction to working with fiberglass for new construction and for repairs." -- Finescale Modeler "A good general reference for persons starting to work with fiberglass reinforced plastics...worth having." -- Road & Track Readers learn how to mend everything from bathtubs to swimming pools, to rustproof and customize cars, and much more." -- Antique Motor News "...an indispensable book..." -- Ohio Fisherman "...excellent text for anyone contemplating fiberglass work of any magnatude." -- Book Reviews "...describes the strength, durability and lightness of fiberglass, while exploring a great many of its astonishing number of applications." -- Wright Publishing Co.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although the plastic world is evolving everyday with new plastics coming on the market everyday the book sticks to basics which makes it in a way time independent. You will however not build a car, a boat or a bathtub with this book. The book handles only about the characteristics of fiberglass, how to handle it, lay it up, how to repair it but stays very superficial on the varieties of objects made from it. It explains quiet well the difference between epoxy resins and polyester resins and when and how to use them. In the exercises there is a lot of repetition however and the book could do with some more explanatory drawings and photographs. For the novice fiberglasser it's an OK book to start with.
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84 of 85 people found the following review helpful
Annoying
16 April 2001
Format:Paperback
This will be short:
Have you ever seen one of those books that looks like it will have a lot of good info on how to do something, open the cover and realize that it's just a "this is nice stuff that you could do if you knew how, but I'm not going to tell you the details of how..." book? This is that book.
To add to that, it's outdated, and even though all the products introduced and shown were of one brand, they didn't even take a picture of them but instead someone drew a picture of the can sitting there...
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Unreadable
14 Aug 2007
Format:Paperback
This book is nothing more than a series of unaddressed topics. They talk about many possible fiberglass repair situations but never quite get around to telling you how to fix them. Confusing photos. I know as much now as before I got this book. Ask a pint dealer or some old guy at Home Depot, you'll get better information.
16 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Must be imaginative...
19 Dec 2002
Format:Paperback
I agree that this book has serious problems with pictures and photos, because the drawings included are very poor so you cannot identify the difference between the different materials. But in my particular case, people in fiberglass materials stores understood what I was looking for (by the materials and fluids names) and at that moment theory and reality matched perfectly.
The amateur results that I was expecting (car speakers, small boxes) were achieved completely.
The amateur results that I was expecting (car speakers, small boxes) were achieved completely.
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