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poor finish on fibre glass mould using epoxy tooling resin
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wacker315
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Hi all, i have just made my 1st tool using woven glass. The tool has come out with lots of voids in it and its almost too poor to fill and sand. I bought easy composites epoxy tooling gelcoat. After applying the gelcoat i used an LY epoxy resin and woven glass. I really arent sure why its come out as bad as it has. I sanded my part down with wet and dry to start with then applied several layers of meguiars wax whilst also rubbing off. I then applied a coat of easy composites pva release. Then i applied the tooling gel coat with a brush........ i just let the gel coat get to a tack before applying my epoxy resin and woven glass. Should i have applied the gel coat and let it go hard before doing anything else or should i have also applied some chop strand mat after i applied the tooling gel coat and then let the whole thing go hard? Thanks in advance
Sean
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poor finish on fibre glass mould using epoxy tooling resin
wacker315
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11 Years Ago
Did you apply the first layer of glass on its own or immediately put all the reinforcing layers on...
panda
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11 Years Ago
some pictures would help indeed :)
matthieutje65
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11 Years Ago
Hello Wacker, Even without pictures, I would highly recommended not using a woven...
The Fibreglass King
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11 Years Ago
Using woven glass is a perfectly fine and acceptable way to make molds. Unfortunately wet layup...
brainfart
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11 Years Ago
[quote][b]brainfart (24/11/2014)[/b][hr]Using woven glass is a perfectly fine and acceptable way to...
The Fibreglass King
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11 Years Ago
I find that woven glass can sometimes be very prone to trapping air, when wetted, and chopped strand...
Dravis
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11 Years Ago
You don't mention what weight woven cloth you used, if it was a heavy weight one then this is...
wozza
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11 Years Ago
Wozza's right ... heavier woven cloth is harder to work with. If I'm not using the putty, i...
Dravis
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11 Years Ago
After the tooling gelcoat, as already said ideally applied in 2 layers, fill all the sharp corners...
brainfart
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11 Years Ago
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