ok i have started making my letterbox grille, and i need a little bit of help fromt he pro's or anyone with 'bogging' expeirence.

ok i started with the base for my bog to go into with a bitta fibre glass and a little bit of balsa wood. this worked out fine, i then put some hardner (as directed on the tin) into my bog mixture, and obviusly it wasnt enough as it cured a bit doey, or didnt cure at all.

so i scraped it all off and did it again this time adding a bit more hardner, now it dried to hard and i need like a grinder to 'sand' it down. now i have a few questions as i am a complete novice. once i sand it down, do i add more bog and sand it again, and keep doing so until its flat and in line with the grille lines??

also you know how you cut out the cetnre part and leave the gaps, do u bog just in that gap? or go u bog a little past the cuts in the palstic and sand it down? sorry its a bit hard to explain, if ya having troubel understanding ill get my camera out nt ry to take some pics.

thanks.

ok i have started making my letterbox grille, and i need a little bit of help fromt he pro's or anyone with 'bogging' expeirence.

ok i started with the base for my bog to go into with a bitta fibre glass and a little bit of balsa wood. this worked out fine, i then put some hardner (as directed on the tin) into my bog mixture, and obviusly it wasnt enough as it cured a bit doey, or didnt cure at all.

so i scraped it all off and did it again this time adding a bit more hardner, now it dried to hard and i need like a grinder to 'sand' it down. now i have a few questions as i am a complete novice. once i sand it down, do i add more bog and sand it again, and keep doing so until its flat and in line with the grille lines??

also you know how you cut out the cetnre part and leave the gaps, do u bog just in that gap? or go u bog a little past the cuts in the palstic and sand it down? sorry its a bit hard to explain, if ya having troubel understanding ill get my camera out nt ry to take some pics.

thanks.

Take some pics...
but yeah, add little bits of bog bit by bit until its completly smooth

Takes a while

']Take some pics...
but yeah, add little bits of bog bit by bit until its completly smooth

Takes a while

i think i might stuffed up already coz i hammered it with bog at the start and am sanding down then was planning to add more and sand again....yes or no? thanks man ill go grab it now n take sum pics

this is such a fun mod and everyone wonders why I don't do more.


The basic way is a little bog at a time and sand until smooth, don't rush it and don't use too much bog at a time as the heat when it cures will stuff the grill.

this is such a fun mod and everyone wonders why I don't do more.


The basic way is a little bog at a time and sand until smooth, don't rush it and don't use too much bog at a time as the heat when it cures will stuff the grill.


haha woopsies, i added a lot, but sort of in layers...i only let it cure for about an hour

it came out ok, but if i find its too soft underneath ill jsut start the bogging again...

ill post some pics, hold up


who knows if i have done it right lol oh well my first time at fibreglassing, bogging, and using a hacksaw haha jkz, but still im a complete novice...

any pointers (yes DVS im looking at u :badgrin:) haha

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only one pointer take your time.

only one pointer take your time.

awesome thanks.

um u kno when you did yours....was it like perfectly smooth?

and just quickly, you see how i have the bog overlapping where the actaul cut in the frame is...is that right? orr am i mean to have the bog just in the hole of the frame and try to line it up with the rest of the grill?

awesome thanks.

um u kno when you did yours....was it like perfectly smooth?

and just quickly, you see how i have the bog overlapping where the actaul cut in the frame is...is that right? orr am i mean to have the bog just in the hole of the frame and try to line it up with the rest of the grill?

your doing fine mate.

What you have to do now is make it all smooth, so i would say once you think its smooth and level with the rest of the grille, give it a few coats of primer, that will reveal all your imperfections and will show you what to work on next.

your going really well:)

Has to be perfectly smooth mate or else its just a half assed job;)

']your doing fine mate.

What you have to do now is make it all smooth, so i would say once you think its smooth and level with the rest of the grille, give it a few coats of primer, that will reveal all your imperfections and will show you what to work on next.

your going really well:)

Has to be perfectly smooth mate or else its just a half assed job;)


haha awesome im actaully having fun lol

ok illl just keep sanding, i need sum tougher sandpaper just to wear it down a bit before i use the finer grain stuff, bcoz i used a tad too much hardener and its like a rock haha

haha awesome im actaully having fun lol

ok illl just keep sanding, i need sum tougher sandpaper just to wear it down a bit before i use the finer grain stuff, bcoz i used a tad too much hardener and its like a rock haha

get an electric detail sander mate, makes life easier for the harder sanding.