Finishing Resin???

[LOWPROEXPLORER]

I'm About To Start Re-doing My Interior, And Im Gonna Do A White/ Green Color Scheme. I Was Thinking About Painting The Exterior A Lighter Green But Im Gonna Leave It At Least For Now, Since There Are No Dents, Cracking Paint, Etc. For The Inside, I Want The Panels And Dash To Have That "glassy" Look. I Know How To Work With Fiberglass But I've Never Used "finishing Resin" Before. I Was Told Thats What I Need For The "glass" Look. If I Use That Though, Will It Turn Foggy Or Yellow Over Time? Like If I Was To Paint The Panels And Then Put Finishing Resin Over Top, Which Would Also Help From Scratching, Right? Or Is It Better To Dye The Resin And Just Use Resin Instead Of Paint Underneath? Any Help Or Ideas? Oh, And Also, The Resin Would Stick To The Factory Plastic, Or Do I Need Some Of That Plastic Bonding Spray?

 

[MONMIX]

Hunh ?

 

[LOWPROEXPLORER]

"Lets start with the last one, the piano finish. This is usually the goal of most fiberglass work. You can easily paint something to achieve this look, but it requires a bit of skill with a paintgun, and it doesn't give off the deep look a fiberglass finish will, unless you are extremely good with paint. For a piano finish, what you really want to do, is only use the resin. Get some finishing resin, preferrably the stuff used to make surfboards, ultra high gloss. Paint it on to a perfectly smooth surface. This is key, any imperfections in the surface will be magnified by the fiberglass. Mix the fiberglass with a coloring agent, and use alot, to give a very opaque finish. Paint it on thick, and cover everything evenly. If you need to, do a second coat before the first coat loses it's stickyness. I suggest between 3-5 coats. On the final coat, thin the resin with acetone, this will help fill in some of the brush lines.
Taken from: http://www.garbled.net/tim/fiberglass.html

Has anybody heard of or used this stuff? Does it turn foggy or yellow over time?

 

[MONMIX]

yeah all the glass stuff I have ever used ends up getting painted so I really cant help you.

 

[LOWPROEXPLORER]

thats what im saying though, if i put this stuff on OVER the paint to make it really glossy, and to help from scratching, will it turn yellow? im afraid if i just paint it will get scratched easily.

 

[MONMIX]

base coat, clear coat will not yellow