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si3211
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I've roughed out a foam plug for some new bodywork working off cad drawings. I've used celotex type low density insulation and i'm now looking to start coating and filling. I was considering covering the foam plug in a fibreglass skin and then building up the finish in layers of polyester primer filler. Can you recommend a suitable cloth and a whether I can use a polyester resin or ?. I have made the plug approx. 3mm smaller than the finished item to allow for a finished build up. ( I attach a photo pre sanding to give an idea of curvatures. Thanks
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Always better to do a test using the stuff you've got, there's so many different types of foam it's easy for us to say it will work and then you go and put polyester resin on and it all melts away. Or what I have found with some foams is that the appear to withstand the resin, but 2 days later you are sanding it and the resin just gives way and you find the foam has gone extremely brittle and crumbly.
If it doesn't work with polyester that's not really a big deal, you can just seal the foam with epoxy and allow it to cure, then you can glass as per normal over the top of that. I wouldn't be going any heavier than a 225g csm over the foam, a 100g csm would be better. Then body filler over that to shape/smooth.
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coating a foam plug
si3211
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10 Years Ago
Always better to do a test using the stuff you've got, there's so many different types of foam it's...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Perhaps I'm missing something but why are you going to sand, surely if you have cnc you can finish...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
He didn't mention anything about a cnc? CAD drawings don't mean he is using a cnc machine. I don't...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]Hanaldo (25/06/2015)[/b][hr]He didn't mention anything about a cnc? CAD drawings don't...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
i've used a cad model and sliced it into sections. Im not using cnc just finishing by hand. Really...
si3211
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10 Years Ago
I would think about a single light layer of fibreglass, either a tissue/vale fibre glass, a light...
Fasta
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10 Years Ago
Hi I normally use a lightweight mat and epoxy resin or you could use the EC pattern coat primer...
carbonfibreworks
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10 Years Ago
Thanks, it looks like a light cloth and epoxy resin might be the safest option if not the cheapest....
si3211
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10 Years Ago
p.s the foam is celotex insulation , a low density polyurethane foam.
si3211
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10 Years Ago
Hi This EC tutorial may help....
carbonfibreworks
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10 Years Ago
Thanks, i've seen that and it looks great, butthe foam i'm using though is a lot lower density, and...
si3211
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10 Years Ago
Your foam isn't too low density, it will be fine using the EC pattern coat system.
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
I use a low density PU foam board (Xtratherm) to make my male plugs. I then coat the foam with two...
philiplardner
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10 Years Ago
If you are worried about the strength of the foam then just hand laminate a layer of woven glass...
Warren (Staff)
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10 Years Ago
Hi there all, I've finally finished the plug and i'm now looking to takeoff amould . I feel...
si3211
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9 Years Ago
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