Body work advice

[ricky sec b]

Hi all,
I’m helping my dad restore his tvr I have done body work in the past but have never worked on fibre glass. Could anyone offer any advice on what we have uncovered

[phillpot]

Crazing from an impact?


Guess all the cuts are to help the filler stick?

[ricky sec b]

Yer that was my guess too. Do I have to sand it right back and re fibre glass it,the last thing I want is it to crack the paint a year down the line

[phillpot]

This has been around for a few years but still very useful, have a read.... Repairing Fibreglass Cars

[ricky sec b]

Thank you, I will give it a good read later but on a glance it seems to have the answers.

[Dougal9887]

That quantity of crazing would suggest that the underlying glassfibre has been damaged in the impact. No amount of surface repair will fix that. IMHO you have two options: make good and take a mould, cut out the damaged area and rebuild the area using that mould or buy a replacement section.

[Steve_D]

Was the paint cracked before you started sanding back?
If not then perhaps all you need to do is lay up a thin woven GF sheet and refill.
If it was cracked then you have little option but to cut it out.

Steve