Anyone ever used fibreglass resin to fill routes?

[TheBurbz]

Let's say, for instance, that you have some routes that you aren't going to use. I used to use fibreglass resin a lot in my old job and it's really heavy and dense, it might even improve sustain! do you think it could work for filling routes? Just pour it in a let it set, finish off with a light sand and filler to get it perfectly flat.

[James]

Would it make it more difficult/dangerous to remove if you changed your mind at a later date?

[Doog]

I tried some plastic wood stuff on an old body when I was thinking bout putting a Tele bridge on Strat- looks pretty solid and usable. Doesn't really weigh much, dunno if that's a plus or minus in this case.

[TheBurbz]

Yeah...It would be near impossible. I'm just thinking technically, if it worked, it would seem like a better option than using conventional filler or wood because it would bond so well to the existing body. I might try it one day and report back.

[DGNR8]

Is that like Bondo? I think I have heard of people on this board using Bondo. But there are other great polymers you can use. Putty Stix is a good 2-part epoxy that hardens like a motherfucker. I don't think may products are terribly conducive to mind-changing.

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[James]

Yeah...It would be near impossible.

To remove safely?

[TheBurbz]

I think the stuff I had in mind would be able to be removed at all, it would soak into the wood inside the routes due to them not being lacquered and it hardens like a motherfucker too. I don't even know what a router would do it it.

DGNR8, the stuff I mean is in 2 parts, like epoxy resin. You have the liquid resin in one container and a catalyst hardener which you mix into it in specified amounts, I'm pretty sure it would add sustain due to it's weight and density. It's just a thought though.

[More Cowbell]

literail dun it. pm him.

[robert(original)]

the fiberglass resin thing is common with exotic woods that contain too much oil to be glues properly.
this fellow in lafayette used to glue certain woods with epoxy and fiberglass resin, its super hard and durable but sometimes its just too damn expensive.

[nyweb]

I been using the resin you're talking about on cars and boats for years. Very hard stuff. Only problem is, wood expands and contracts with the weather, the resin won't budge. Might see cracks where the two meet.