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O here's some images of me making my parts, Ill update this thread more when I get the orginal parts out of the mold or make the cf ones. these parts are for a 2006 lotus elise s2 Federal

This is the 4th attempt at this mold.... I have bean trying to get these door pulls during my whole learning process. first one I made was good but I forgot to put pva and wax on it before making my part... second one had thin spots third leaked now this....

http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/mold.png

Here's the door puls finished this one mold I am making will be the final mold, I made this one in the photo with a leaky mold, so after the part came out I pitched it again...

http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/pulls.png

Acess panel covers... I threw away these molds once because I thought it would be slick to put a few 45 degree angles in the corners of the mold face, tell I tried to bag that with pleats lol..

http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/mol.png

Some finished products made with old molds, this one above was 1 of 2 pressure tested 24 hrs, ready to get the best polish I ever did!


Attempt 1 cleared and polished!
http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/cover.png

I clear coated this then sanded to 500, still waiting finish up..


attempt 2!
http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/matte.png

Here's a spark plug cover that was from again a leaky mold, but I made all these molds before I knew to watch for debris like a hawk...

http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/spark.png

Here's the new mold and the intake cover in process too:

http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/mold2.png

Annnnnd here's the next 2 target pieces. Yes what you see now is what I like to cal "Farbon Fiber"

http://www.carbontuner.com/talk/61312/car.png



If Brute Force Isn''''t working your not using enough...
Edited 13 Years Ago by Carbon Tuner
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