Bespoke Projects
The best way to show you what we do with glass reinforced plastic is to give you examples of projects that we've worked on. Below are a series of case studies, walking through each project to give you an idea of the process involved. Take a look at the services area of our website for more information on what we do and by all means get in touch if you have project in mind - however challenging it may seem; we've worked on projects from simple repairs to start-to-finish creations and enjoy
the variety.
Swimming Pool Sheathing
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
A swimming pool in need of refurbishment
Here's the pool once it had been primed. It's now ready to have a 3 x 600g chopped strand mat applied
Application
The team hard at work applying the fibreglass
Gel coat
Once all the fibreglass had been applied, the trident blue polyester gel coat was applied
Finished
All ready for swimmers!
Animals for Colchester Zoo and an Egyptian Play Area
How it's done
This is how all of the animals were made: they're firstly carved from polystyrene and then clay was applied over them to obtain a better surface detail
Giraffe head
Here's an adult giraffe in the process of sculpture
A baby
Here's a baby giraffe taking shape
Carving out an elephant
An adult elephant taking shape in polystyrene
Joined together
The polystyrene is then joined together for the basic shape
First stage
Here's the first stage in the hippo's development - he's carved in polystyrene
Mould making
Moulds are made for the adult hippo. The red marks show all the flanges for the joining the various parts of the mould
Work in progress
Here's a work-in-progress shot of some sculpting
Protecting the clay
Wet rags are placed on top of the clay to stop it form drying out and cracking
Protecting the clay
Wet rags are placed over the clay surface to keep it damp and stop it from drying out and cracking
Protecting the clay
Wet rags are placed over the clay surface to keep it damp and stop it from drying out and cracking
Almost done
Here's a baby giraffe being given the final touches
Adult
Sun bear with silicon skin in situ ready for the black gel coat
Front of the bear
Here's another angle showing the front of the bear mould
Two halves
Here are the two halves of the sun bear with a black gel coat applied
Gel coat
Black gel coat applied
Release!
Here's the sunbear having been released from the mould
Another angle
The sunbear having been released from the mould
Headshot
Here's the finished head of the sunbear
Sunbear
Casually sitting on the workbench is the finished sunbear!
Finished
Here are some final shots of a giraffe family
Baby giraffe
And a final shot of the baby!
The final stage
This elephant just needs a few final additions
Baby elephant
Adult elephant
Decorative columns for a property in West London
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Decorative column was made from wood and moulds were made from it
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
Fitting of the columns
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
5 columns fitting to the outside of a property in West London
Big Ben model rocket for a display
A silicon mound is made for 1 of 4 sides of a Big Ben rocket for a display
The mould is then gelled with a stone-coloured polyester gel coat
The four sides are complete and off to the modelmaker for the artistic elements
The four sides are joined together to start it looking like Big Ben
The model nearly finished, all put together and ready for some paint and detail
The model of Big Ben complete and ready for installation
A silicon mound is made for 1 of 4 sides of a Big Ben rocket for a display
The mould is then gelled with a stone-coloured polyester gel coat
The four sides are complete and off to the modelmaker for the artistic elements
The four sides are joined together to start it looking like Big Ben
The model nearly finished, all put together and ready for some paint and detail
The model of Big Ben complete and ready for installation
A silicon mound is made for 1 of 4 sides of a Big Ben rocket for a display
The mould is then gelled with a stone-coloured polyester gel coat
The four sides are complete and off to the modelmaker for the artistic elements
The four sides are joined together to start it looking like Big Ben
The model nearly finished, all put together and ready for some paint and detail
The model of Big Ben complete and ready for installation
A silicon mound is made for 1 of 4 sides of a Big Ben rocket for a display
The mould is then gelled with a stone-coloured polyester gel coat
The four sides are complete and off to the modelmaker for the artistic elements
The four sides are joined together to start it looking like Big Ben
The model nearly finished, all put together and ready for some paint and detail
The model of Big Ben complete and ready for installation
A silicon mound is made for 1 of 4 sides of a Big Ben rocket for a display
The mould is then gelled with a stone-coloured polyester gel coat
The four sides are complete and off to the modelmaker for the artistic elements
The four sides are joined together to start it looking like Big Ben
The model nearly finished, all put together and ready for some paint and detail
The model of Big Ben complete and ready for installation