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EYEBALLJOHNs KUSTOM KORNER
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Приєднався 4 кві 2021
Hello Kats and Kittens, Welcome to my channel EYEBALLJOHNs KUSTOM KORNER, I’ve been Building and Restoring cars for over 40 years now, I started this channel to share some of my tips and tricks I’ve learned along my career.
I’ll be going over Fiberglass and Metal Fabrication and Restorations, Mold Making using Fiberglass and Silicone, I’ll show a Full Restoration on a Classic Corvette from start to Finish, Custom Painting and Airbrushing, Sculpting, and Much More
I’ll be going over Fiberglass and Metal Fabrication and Restorations, Mold Making using Fiberglass and Silicone, I’ll show a Full Restoration on a Classic Corvette from start to Finish, Custom Painting and Airbrushing, Sculpting, and Much More
Відео
Corvette Restorations and Restomod Projects by EyeballJohn
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Corvette Restorations and Restomods, Custom Fiberglass Fabrication
How to make Fiberglass Cheater Flares on a C2 Corvette
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Making Cheater type flares on a rear quarter panel for a Classic C2 Corvette step by step of bringing out the quarter panel to fit wider tires but keep the stock appearance
Stop Shrinking Seams on your Classic Corvette
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shrinking body seams on a classic Corvette has always been a problem, this video will show the proper way to eliminate any bonding seam shrinkage on your Classic Corvette from ever shrinking back
How to Basic Fiberglass Repair on your Classic Corvette
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Basic Fiberglass repairs on your Classic Corvette, tips from choosing what type resins and fiberglass mat and basic tools needed to repair your Corvette or anything made of fiberglass
Easy Way to find Fiberglass cracks in a Classic Corvette and Repairing them
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Stress cracks in the Fiberglass on a Classic Corvette are Very Common, this is a Fast and Easy way to find them and Repair them
Ground Metal Candy Flames
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How to Grind bare metal on any metal surface to produce a Custom changing Effect for clear coating or Candy colors. This is the process I used to achieve this effect in my 1947 Chevy Truck
Your videos are awesome! I’m trying to fix a 1996 fiberglass Utility body/toolbox on a service truck… it looks like typical strand mat from the inside. I have a 90 degree corner that’s become delaminated… probably going to cut it out and make a new panel… could I use pre formed 90 degree channel and glass it in?
@@Christopherbever Hi, Thanks for watching, sure you can make a new piece and glass it in, just make sure that polyester resin will stick to it, try a small area first, let it harden good and try sanding it, if it doesn’t sand correctly or peels off its most likely SMC resin you will need to do the repairs in, Hope this helps, Thanks John
@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER that’s a great suggestion thank you! I will try that! It’s a brand that’s no longer in business and being pre Internet forum era there’s not a lot of info on them. I’ve been researching honeycomb panel from the boat builders to patch in as it’s the very top piece of each tool box that’s delaminating. I plan on fabricating an aluminum diamond plate top sheet for it in the long run since it’s sagging and not built for structural load anyway, plus will look cool 😎
Good Morning John, Do I need to sand down rough fiberglass between layers? I'm repairing an old repair on a 63 corvette. I'm trying to clean up strengthen the underside of the surround above the front wheel before I repair the top side. I've laid two pieces over the damage. Can I add a couple more layers on top of these without sanding down the first two layers? I want to strengthen the underside before I attack the top. It's difficult to do more than two layers at a time because it just starts raining resin. I get more resin on me and the garage floor than the repair.
Its hard to do fiberglass work upside down, I've had my share of resin arms. LOL, you can do multiple layers at a time, I usually brush resin on the repair area then place the mat on and start to brush more resin on it, be careful as to.many layers of glass could fall.off , you know that gravity thing, and if you want to do more layers on cured mat just rough up the area with some 36 or 40 grit paper and place your other layers on, Hope this Helps, Thanks for watching, more videos to come
@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER You're great! Thanks for feeling my pain wrt upside down fiberglass work. Anxiously waiting for more videos.
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Thanks for the video, I have a couple of questions. 1) The stress fractures near the door edge; did you sand those out before you applied the resin and mat? 2) I have a 1971 Corvette bonnet/hood that has cracked across through the channel where it dog legs in to clear the alternator on the driver side, (approx 400mm (16") in from the front of the bonnet) It has been repaired before but this repair has failed. What is the best way to repair this? Is epoxy resin better to use than polyester? Thank you
Hi, Thanks for watching, the stress cracks on the door were sanded with 36 grit on a orbital sander first, not sure if that was in the video, not 100% sure of the area your referring to on your hood, but any hood repair is a little more difficult because of the opening and closing and vibration the hood gets from just driving, the only thing I could tell you make sure you grind down as far as you can go on top and bottom so to add more strength and to it, Hope this helps,
@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER you can't access the underside as it's a closed box channel that travels around the underside edge of the bonnet for strength. You'd have to split it open to access the inside, so maybe create a slot to slide a thin flat piece of metal and epoxy it on the inside and resin and fibre mat on the outside? Not sure if I'm going down a rabbit hole with this.
@swann747 ok now I understand your talking about the inner support, if the repair keeps failing you would have to open up the support do the repair and glass up the support
This was fantastic. Question, im about to repair my C4, using smc compatible resin. Would you be brushing the smc compatible resin the same way, and using “bow ties” for raised edges?
@vikingtrad3r yes use the smc resin just like the polyester, the smc resin is thicker then the polyester and will build up faster, Thanks for watching, Glad you like it
What do you recommend for a car that needs to be stripped all the way down to fiberglass what’s the best impression soda walnut I got 58 Corvette that I’m doing now
Soda blast is the way to go for stripping paint, if you don't want to do it yourself,
Thanks for watching
Nice to see u back moving around.
@@alduncan6746 Thanks, a lot of videos coming up
Audio got de-synced in a few places, but great info! I got a C4 that needs some bodywork and your videos have been a great place to learn.
@Jonny_Dee_0 Lol, my vedio skills need improveiing but Glad you liked it
Thx John
@dennisbenjamin1782 your Welcome, Hope you enjoy it, More videos to come
First of all thank you for all the beautiful work you put out into the world and for the informative videos you have shared on youtube! I am doing a repair, and repaint on a 72 stingray... I am a little unclear if I should be using the polyester or the SMC resin.. Can you clarify on which side of the fence the 72 lands? THANK YOU! -Porsha
@@blackknightauto Hi, Thanks for watching, Glad you liked the video, for 72 use the polyester resin, although some people use the SMC resin on all the years, I like using the polyester on 72 and older, Hope this helps, Thanks John
Awesome idea and great technique
@jaivette Thanks Glad you liked the video
Thanks for the update....but please don't leave us hanging on so long for the next one......Can't wait!!
@@sstocker31 Thanks
Looking forward to your videos John.
@dennisbenjamin1782 Thanks appreciate it 👍
Hey John, great video. I'm having trouble with tiny holes-maybe from trapped air. I'm working on the bottom side of the front fender so upside down before I attack topside damage. I'm using the polyester resin and 3/4 oz mat. After I sand with 60 grit, I can see these pits filled with the white dust. I colored the resin gray. I can sand them out but it seems I'm then sanding off all my work. They're about 1/32 inch deep.
Hi, Glad you liked the video, it sounds like you have air bubbles trapped in the resin, it happens, try and work them out with the brush or use a fiberglass roller to break them up, it akso depends on the resin your using, some resins are thicker then others and trap more air, I use a very thin polyester resin but buy from a supplier that sells to boat yards, Hope this Helps, Thanks for watching.
Spectacular work. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Glad you liked it, more videos coming next week
This is great! Keep the vids coming, bud! Amazing work!
Thanks Glad you liked it, more vide in the works
The knowledge is the most important thing, not the video quality.
Thanks for watching, more videos on the way
What happened to you. I was needing to see more videos!
Hi, I’ve been working on so many projects ,I’ve been doing a lot of video taking ,haven’t had time to put them together, expect New videos by the end of June, Thanks for watching
I like to rub in Nitrostain sand then layer of poly filler sand then nitrostain sand & paint. Keep yoursqweegees in laquer thin.
You can put a little inert filler powder or bondo in your resin to thicken lamp black to make bonding glue
Thanks for the tip, i some time add polyester thickener to the resin and make a paste and use that to fill I’m small pin holes or low spots, Thanks for watching
Excellent! Thanks 🙏🏼
Thanks for watching, Glad you liked the video, more videos to come
Thank you for imparting knowledge to another enthusiast.
Your Very Welcome, Glad you liked the video, Thanks for watching
I am not concerned with the quality of the video i am watching to learn something and i learned a lot thanks.
Thank you, Glad you liked it, more videos coming
Thanks! What a great video. You make it look so easy but we all know that is because of your years of experience. I'm putting a LS3/525 hp in my 67 Corvette so I most probably will be doing this in my near future. I might want to do a 60s still flare but this probably would be better. Thanks again for such a fantastic video on this subject!!!!
Glad you liked the video, Thanks for watching, more videos on the way
have you ever used products like tiger or kitty hair to patch a hole? have an enlarged hole where window railing bolts to that needs repairing?
If your repairing fiberglass it's best to use fiberglass, kitty hair gorilla hair all those hairs are just chopped up fiberglass mat with bondo, it can be fixed using those products but as far as lasting or any strength, it's not going to last, Hope this Helps, Thanks for watching
Which resin would I use for a 1968-1969 fiberglass dune buggy body polyester or SMC? Also Mat or cloth? Thanks
Hi, I would use polyester resin and fiberglass mat, Hope this helps , Thanks for watching
Thank you for those tips. Attempting to have a go at my fiberglass body, wish me luck!!👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for watching. Hope the video Helps
Can Nason acrylic primer reduced with lacquer thinner be used under acrylic enamel single stage on corvettes? Or will it seep into the fiberglass substrate and bubble the topcoat paint later on? I use it all the time on steel cars and Never have an issue. I have only painted 2 Corvettes, and on 1 I did get a couple bubbles/blisters, just not sure if it was because of the Lacquer thinner in the primer. And on that one I non chemically stripped it down. I currently own 3 Corvette convertibles a 1975, 1987 and a 2002 that all need paint. On my 02 I have some of the fiberglass around the edge of the doors starting to show. Thanks in advance for your reply.
Hi, I haven’t used lacquer primer in quite a while, even if a customer wants there car painted in lacquer paint I still use polyester primer first then urethane primer on top of that then lacquer paint, lacquer primer will not hold down the fibers in the fiberglass and will eventually shrink and show up in your paint work, and as far as top coats go I use urethane paints they last much longer then lacquer or enamel paints, Hope this helps, Thanks for watching my videos
@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER Ive never shot "lacker paint." Only polyurethane acrylic enamel and base coat clear coat.
@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER Thanks for your response. So how would you treat exposed from desert heat worn off paint fiberglass before respray? Would you just use polyester primer first then urethane primer and then shoot it with polyurethane acrylic enamel single stage? Thanks again.
@ricksteelcustoms3196 it depends, are there hairs from the glass showing? That would need more work, if its just worn out and faded then sand with 180 grit and use polyester primer to seal the fiberglass then use your urethane primer
Superb! (Nothing more needs to be said.)
Thank you, appreciate it, Glad you liked the video
Great job
Thanks, Glad you liked the video, more to come
Thank you! This was so helpful!!
Thanks, Glad it was helpful
Eyeball John, I really like your videos! I am 62-years old. I have never done fiberglass repair, but I just bought a poor-condition 1967 Lotus Elan. It has a fiberglass body. I plan to use your techniques to repair its body this Summer. I’m planning to build a rotisserie for the body to save my back. I noticed you back up the trim and drain holes with masking tape and glass over them. Do you purposely fill the holes to redrill them later? Also, if you are leaving bare fiberglass underneath a restored Corvette, what grit sandpaper do you stop sanding with? In other words, how smooth do you leave the ‘glass? How smooth was the fiberglass underneath from the factory? I ask because the Lotus fiberglass finish underneath the car seems really rough and I’m not sure how to duplicate that and I don’t want to smooth it out, if it was rough from the factory. Please keep the videos coming. We dig your work in So. Cal. Hey, I met “Big Daddy” Ed Roth once at a car show. He was so nice and humble! Did he name you because you had, “a good eye?”
Hi, Thanks for watching my videos, Glad you liked them, let me try and answer all your questions, I use 2 inch masking tape in areas that have a hole or the glass is missing so the Mat has something to holed to, if I fill in any holes that need to be there I will drill them out later, early Corvettes were bare glass for the most part on the backsides and under floor boards, it was smooth but still had a slight texture, wheel wells were painted black with some undercoating on them,. You don’t have to coat the back side of the glass but sometimes it’s a good idea, fiberglass is like a sponge and will soak up any oils or dirt that it comes in contact with, after the fiberglass cures I usually start sanding with either 36 or 40 grit paper and then 80 grit, normally stop at 80 grit and polyester prime over that. Most likely your car being a kit car was hand layer fiberglass so it’s normal to have a rougher finish on the back, you can duplicate that finish very easily when applying your glass work. I met Ed Roth back in 96 at a local car show, a friend of mine introduced me to him , as we talked he found out I did sculpting also and asked if I would be interested in doing a sculpture with him of a large Flying Eyeball, so who says no to Big Daddy, so the next day I was back at the show with 5 pounds of clay and Ed and I spent the day together sculpting , he gave me the sculpt said finish it up and make a mold of it, I did and started making them for him along with a smaller version as a shifter knob, after that he gave me the name Eyeballjohn, Hope I was able to answer your questions, I have many videos I’m presently working on and Hope to have up soon, Thanks again for watching, John
You did not show the most critical step. Where and how deep you are grinding and tapering down the door skin before doing your glass work? I was also hoping we would see you completely remove the old woven cloth that always shows through a nice paint job on a sunny day like on 53-54 cars that utilized woven cloth instead of glass mat like you are correctly using. Were you referring to Gene McKinney, Lake City, Seattle?
Hi, I usually grind down the repair area as much as needed without going through, if it’s a crack that can be seen I normally keep grinding until the crack is gone, but if you are able to do glass work on the back of the panel I would only go half way down in front and then do the same to the crack on the back of panel, 53 and 54 were the only years that cloth was used on some panels, if your restoring those years to original you want to see the pattern in the finale paint work, if you want to get rid of the woven pattern you would need to grind off enough glass to be able to put 2 to 3 layers of Mat fiberglass over it, Hope this helps Thanks for watching, More videos on the way
Great video
Thanks, Glad you liked it, More videos on the way
A ripped fiberglass mat edge is always better than a cut edge. It simply blends in much better. A true professional knows that.
Absolutely correct
My dad built fiberglass boats and he had rollers to get air bubbles out. Reminds me of the times I watched him working on the boats.
Glad the video brought back good memories for you
Your one cool man
Lol, Thank you, I appreciate the compliment
I was told from a gm trained body guy in the late 70s and early 80s that 73 to bowling Green smc you can use Polyester resins with ONE have to do step.. sand the top layer of the merged material I used his advice and panel strip bonded a cistom 73 rear onto a 75 with evercoat autozone resin and no problems blending or adhering.. He said the releasing agent needs sanded but formula changed in bowling green for the 80s c3s and c4s. And you can't do it with those.
gonna be doing this soon to my 63 swc, any pics of it in primer?
No actually the car is still in bare glass, it took over a year to get the Restomod chassis, I couldn’t finish all the glass work until body was mounted on chassis and I’m just fitting the doors , hood and deck lid now, Hopefully it will be in primer soon
@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER Thanks for posting your videos, they are very informatative. I fully understand the long lead times for chassis. i ordered an Art Morrison chassis November of 2022, 14 months ago for a 62 corvette and still waiting. However, I have been told it is now about complete and should be receiving it within the next month. The lead time on some items is just crazy.
Why are you coating that whole door? Didn't appear to need all that
The door had very fine stress cracks, so it was better to fix then worry about them coming back later
Haven't seen anything from you lately, hope you're well and that the holiday season find you happy.
Hi, Happy Holidays, I know I’ve been lacking putting up new videos, I’m running around working on 10 projects at once, I have some videos I’m editing now trying to make them look as professional as possible as far as video making is concerned, it’s a lot of work to one of these together, Hope to have some up soon, Thanks for checking in, John
Thank you so much I'm so new to airbrushing but want to learn all that I can so eventually start working on cars trucks and bikes so again thanks
Thanks, Glad you liked the video
Ive a 72 blazer with a lot of stress cracks. Could you tell which fiberglass mat and resin to get. I have small area around headlight on 76 corvette to repair as well. Im not sure if you say you use 3/4oz or 3/4". Thank you Roger
Hi, your 76 vette will need SMC resin to make your repairs. 3/4 once mat works very well, it absorbs the resin quickly, you can also use the smc resin on your Bronco stress cracks
I was wondering when you were going to or if ever are going to repair a quarter panel on a. Older Vette.
Yes, I have other videos in the making, on all repairs and panel replacement, which year Vette are you interested in seeing quarter panel repairs?
I was wondering why you didn't put any glass on the back side of the door
Are you referring to the repair on the edge of the door or the center?
So that will fix the spider cracks
Yes, any cracks in the fiberglass
John what about the sanding Process do you have a video for that
Hi, Thanks for watching Glad you liked the video, I will be making more videos covering the complete restoration of a Classic Corvette, keep,an eye out for them, Thanks
Thanks John
Just came across your video and will be tackling this in the coming months. Great tutorial on how the process is done cleanly and without much in the way of drama......quick and to the point thank you!
Thanks, Glad you liked it, more videos to come
Awesome job. Too bad I have a corvette. Lol maybe i could do some gold foil tho.
Someone should make a metal Corvette, Lol, but you could most likely get the same effect using gold or silver leaf and making a pattern in it, Thanks for watching, John