Dynamat Group buy or single buy

[able]

you dont have to buy speaker cloth.. for big shapes dunk a bed sheet in resin or any material lay it over the basic shape you made when it goes off you can bog and either make a mould from it or just paint.

i watched a few speaker pod vids and they use polyester flees. its stretchy add holds the resin better and thicker so that the result is a lot stronger.

i hope to do some long pods for the back corners when i get my finger out.   

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Able, i saw rogues dash and centre console and it has spurred me to have a shot at my interior while i am trying to rebuild my bank account to continue with the body work. So let me try and understand :

1. If i make a template of what i want, say out of cardboard, can i then stretch a bed sheet over the cardboard, hit it with resin and wait for it to go off, and in theory i have a console or pod, just in a weakened state till i go over it with fibreglass or bog to strengthen it.

2. Then sand it and smoothe it, and paint or trim it out in leather or something else. Is it that simple ? except for the sheets if my wife catches me. lol 

 George.

[Bas NZ]

Hay George, you only need half the sheet don't you. lol

[able]

if you know how to download torrents then these two (which are part of the one dvd) is what i had a look at.... pretty much easy to do it your self after watching them... its a short how to do for pods and kick panels ect ect...
http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Fiberglass-1/4358983221bf280ad7f1ab93e68858651a3ca55c161c
http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Fiberglass-2/4358e90498323ae1c4fa0fb951dda34aa534fd834ad1

or if you cant download torrents them give me your address in a private msg and then look in your mail box two days after that.  you have a dvd player don't you 

[grandad]

yes george what i did on a console for my sons ute make it up uot of 2 pack foam blocks then cut and sanded it to the shape he wanted then fiberglasss it. sanded and painted it. then caved out the foam to fit

[grandad]

ben this is the foam that i use  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC_DB-j27Qk&feature=related

[Sundownernz]

Hi all,

Interesting thread.

To comment on the first questions re Dynamat. I've used dynamat in my van, LWB with only a bay window in each side at the rear and rear doors panelled in. I started with 4 boot packs (20 sq ft I think each is) as that was all that was available at the time and ended up using 6 in total. Cost was about $130NZ per pack I think it was. Anyway I did the firewall, front floor, sides, rear wheel arches, roof, rear panel and all doors. I didn't do the rear floor as I already have insulation under a 20mm ply floor with underlay and carpet over that so didn't need it. The difference in noise and drumming from the steel body is awesome. I can now have a conversation with those in the back while driving along at motorway speed without having to shout. Don't know about the knock off products with regards to quality but I do now dynamat works. You don't have to fully cover the panel either. Between 60% to 75% will do the trick. Weight wise it's probably added about 20kg to the vehicle weight but I build my interiors light so I'm not worried and the 350 chev doesn't worry either. Cost wise it may be a bit on the expensive side but the difference is like riding in a limo now compared with a noisy tin box.

Re the foam. There are various ways of skinning this cat. I've used hard foam sheets from Forman Insulation for mine. Comes in 1200 x 2400 sheets, various thicknesses and 3 densities. Try this link
http://www.forman.co.nz/products.php?catid=25&proid=242
I use the green sheet 64Kg as I've found the brown is too soft and the blue to expensive. You just glue it with PVA or similar to the ply or what ever your using as a base, shape it to what you want with sandpaper then glass over it. I use Dynal cloth, not ordinary fibreglass, as this forms easily into tight corners. Two coats of resin does the trick then sand and paint or cover with whatever you want. Check out my gallery for the results you can get. I've done the dash, overhead console, front and side doors, rear consoles and roof areas using this method. If you want really complex large curves or big areas, build a wooden former like a lattice, cover with cloth (speaker type cloth os sheet as mentioned in an earlier post), resin soak this to set the basic shape, then fibreglass over this, bog and shape it then paint or cover with whatever you want. The Alpine USA (sterio) website used to have a step by step series of build pictures for their radical show cars that showed exactly how to go about doing this but they don't seem to be on their site any any more. I have hard copies of how they do it and it's dead easy. I may be able to scan them and post them here at some stage.

Anyway all I can say is give both dynamat and foam a go. The results are both excellent.

Cheers,
Garry.

[atk1]

Thanks for that info Garry

[obsession]

very cool

[MaTTe]

Hey Grandad, that stuff looks alot liek the sikaflex foam in a can i have sitting in the shed, i had planned to use it for one purpose, but decided to keep it for entirely another....
works best when you have it in a container as they did in the video so it becomes dense as it expands, otherwise it is really soft if not contained.



Now back to the original subject as those of you with ADHD seem to find it hard to stay focused... 

I can get 20 boxes of this product immediately, and more in 10-12 weeks when the production run is complete...

If I buy 25 boxes i can get the price down to $150 per box +$20 shipping...
There will be an extra cost that i'll end up wearing as i'll get the whole lot sent to me, then distribute them from here to save any errors from a third party, im just hoping this will be a minimal cost rather than a major cost...

I will be advertising the same deal on another forum to try and get more numbers to bring the price down a bit.
This will also mean that whoever fronts with the cash first from either forum will receive their products first, so if i have one firm order from this forums and 10 firm orders from another forum, that will be the first batch gone, and the rest of you will have to wait for the second batch. For most this will not be a problem, but i thought i'd outline this from the start to prevent heartache...

Thoughts? opinions? orders?

Cheers,
Matte