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Pattern-Coat Primer over Vac-Cast Epoxy Resin ?
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TURK
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Hi guys,
With reference to my 'Quad Headlight Project'.
I'm trying to remedy an issue I have ......... Basically, I made two tooling plugs out of Vac-Cast Epoxy resin, and because of the amount of shrinkage I got from the material, my tooling plugs are 2mm too small. What I'm hoping to do is to 'build-up' the tooling plugs by applying a few coats of Pattern-Coat Primer.
Is This possible ?
As a picture speaks a thousand words
( or in this case, a few pictures )
here's the process I used ....... I used CS25 Silicone rubber to make the moulds after I had made the original plugs. I got shrinkage from the Silicone, I then cast my 'Vac-Cast' Epoxy resin into my silicone moulds ( got more shrinkage from the vac-cast resin ), then I vacuum formed the parts I needed ( headlight mounting brackets ) got more shrinkage from the 3mm ABS I'm using ........ the result is, my ABS plastic headlight mounting brackets are 2mm too small all around their circumference !
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The vac-cast resin tooling plugs came out absolutely superb, well chuffed with that
and my very first vacuum formed parts
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After I cut and profiled the parts things were looking very good indeed >>
And with the headlight units installed >>
Then comes the assembly ........ the parts I make will fit the OE headlight retainers, as you can see from the red arrow there's a 4mm gap
As I only need the 'footing' or base of the part to fit inside the headlight retainer, I'm thinking I could simply apply a few coats of Pattern-Coat Primer around the base of my tooling plugs to close that gap ....... do you think this would work ? >>
This fix is only a temporary measure guys, until I get the dimensions correct, once the bracket fits in there correctly I'll simply make some more silicone moulds with these 'fixed' tooling plugs.
The entire process is here >
T4 Quad Headlight Project
Thanks all.
TURK
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Pattern-Coat Primer over Vac-Cast Epoxy Resin ?
TURK
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8 Years Ago
Hi Turk, As a temporary measure I don't see why that wouldn't work. As usual, give the surface a...
Warren (Staff)
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8 Years Ago
Excellent ....... that's good to know Warren :) It's only 2mm all the way round the footing,...
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