|
|
|
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
Fiberglass cooler/box build
I am building a mud quad, 2003 Honda Rincon. I want to build a fiberglass box for the rear rack. Three compartments. One in the middle being an insulated cooler big enough to hold a 12 pack of Bud Light and ice. The compartment on each side of the cooler will be for storage of straps, shackles, bungee cords for CanAm tie rod failures..... How can I build the lids to be waterproof? This box will be put underwater and I don't want muddy beer.
I am thinking the size will be 36" wide, 18" deep and 12" high. The cooler compartment will be the biggest.
__________________
1983 V-20 capsized. . . . in the garage. 
|
|
#2
01-18-2014, 03:55 PM
|
||||
|
||||
Offhand I'd say that you should make a half inch thick top that's the same size as the outside dimensions of the cooler box, and then make a second half inch thick top that's the inside dimensions of the cooler. Marry them with glue/screws/whatever, then get some rubber tubing or some foam weatherstripping and glue it to the inside lip of the top so that when the top is
closed the rubber makes a seal against the top of the cooler edge. Attach hinges and a latch and you should be good to go. Or better yet, send me the beer and that way you won't have to worry about it getting muddy or soaking wet. See? Simple fix...case closed. 
__________________
1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
|
|
#3
01-18-2014, 08:33 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Good idea Destroyer. I could probably layer it even further to make the seal better. Its been so long since I have researched fiberglass. Would a gallon and half of epoxy resin build it? Or should I go thru and build a mold to gel coat the box then build it from the outside in? I figured the 2" pink insulation board would be more than enough insulation on all six sides. Building it using epoxy I can use 1/2" ply stapled into the box form. Then glass inside and out? Add the insulation to the middle and epoxy over that with more glass?
What cloth would be good for this? Or mat? I can't remember! I have used the US Composites epoxy enough to feel comfortable using it so I am going with the US Composites epoxy resin.
__________________
1983 V-20 capsized. . . . in the garage.
|
|
#4
01-18-2014, 08:35 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
And I am afraid I can't ship the beer as I probably would have drank it all before the shipping nightmare bs is done! I did discover apple pie last year. That's some good stuff....
__________________
1983 V-20 capsized. . . . in the garage.
|
 |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
