Tim s doing a nice series here.
How to bend fiberglass sheet.
Use the heat gun to apply heat to the surface of the fiberglass for around half a minute holding the gun around 3 inches from the panel.
Pull on the panel as you do so to make sure it is bending.
Apply heat to the surface of the fiberglass for about 30 seconds.
I ve been in the advanced composites field for almost 40 years now built the space shuttle b 1b bomber lots of other aerospace stuff as well as hennessey s viper composite line a.
Hold the heat gun about 3 inches from the fiberglass.
Slowly move the gun across the area of the panel that you want to bend taking care not to burn the panel.
Apply more heat or less heat by moving the heat gun closer to or farther away from the fiberglass.
Move the heat gun slowly up and down the area you want to bend.