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Fiberglass Repair and Construction Handbook

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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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Product Details

Author:	Jack Wiley
Paperback:	260 pages
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional
Publication Date:	May 01, 1988
Language:	English
ISBN:	0830627790
Package Length:	9.1 inches
Package Width:	7.3 inches
Package Height:	0.6 inches
Package Weight:	0.9 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 6 reviews

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Average Customer Review: 3.0

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Outstanding! Jun 27, 2010
Bought this for my son who is learning how to fiberglass. This and the other book I bought have been great, filled with all the information he needed.

Fiberglass Repair and Construction Handbook Jan 09, 2010
I have just purchased a 1980 vintage electric car which has a 100% fiberglass body. I have no experience with fiberglass in my past. I have not yet started to actually work with fiberglass, but I found the book to be very informative and very well laid out in a step-by-step building block manner, which made it very easy to understand.

I would highly recommend this book.

5 of 6 found the following review helpful:

Once the only book on the subject, it's badly out of date Jan 20, 2008
The example cars and boats on the cover are a dead give away. Of historical interest only. Common in libraries, if you're too cheap to BUY a better book for less than the cost of the materials for even a minor repair, by all means, check it out, as the techniques of most simple, common repairs have not changed, but don't waste your coin getting your own copy.

8 of 8 found the following review helpful:

Unreadable Aug 14, 2007
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 20 found the following review helpful:

Must be imaginative... Dec 19, 2002
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.