Fiberglass Repair

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Does anyone know of any shops or does anybody on this board around the Columbus area do fiberglass repair? I'd like to get my track fairings sorted out and possibly repainted this winter and the only places I can seem to find around town are marine dealerships. I'm pretty sure the fairings are sharkskinz, if that matters. I know they use some special blend of wholesome non GMO gluten-free organic materials. 

 

The main problem areas are a couple cracks/punctures from I'm guessing some mid-corner uh oh's, and the exhaust area is getting kinda melty. The bottom bracket that secures the lowers to the bike was also torn out, so the hole would need to be re-formed. 

 

Thanks!

[Wandering Soul]

Those marine shops are probably your best bet to repair those panels.  Marine hulls do take a beating, so I would imagine they're not turning out any shoddy work.  Just to gage whether they know what they're doing. ask them about the repair process.  If it doesn't include stop-drilling the cracks I'd have serious questions as to if they do quality work or not.

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2 minutes ago, Wandering Soul said:

Those marine shops are probably your best bet to repair those panels.  Marine hulls do take a beating, so I would imagine they're not turning out any shoddy work.  Just to gage whether they know what they're doing. ask them about the repair process.  If it doesn't include stop-drilling the cracks I'd have serious questions as to if they do quality work or not.

I'll check out some of those shops then, thanks.

[PhilD'oh!]

19 minutes ago, Wandering Soul said:

Those marine shops are probably your best bet to repair those panels.  Marine hulls do take a beating, so I would imagine they're not turning out any shoddy work.  Just to gage whether they know what they're doing. ask them about the repair process.  If it doesn't include stop-drilling the cracks I'd have serious questions as to if they do quality work or not.

I agree, unless they're going to completely grind the cracks out.  If there's oil soaked into the fiberglass, it all has to go until you get to clean material, otherwise the resin won't bond to it. 

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On 12/16/2016 at 4:53 PM, PhilD'oh! said:

I agree, unless they're going to completely grind the cracks out.  If there's oil soaked into the fiberglass, it all has to go until you get to clean material, otherwise the resin won't bond to it. 

There probably is, the lowers are kinda messy. I'll take them in and see what they say, if it's more than $200 to fix them I'll probably just get new lowers and rattle can them.