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Carbon Mould From Fibreglass Original

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Peter Robinson	P Peter Robinson posted 6 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
P Group: Forum Members Posts: 7, Visits: 65	Hi all, I have an original fibreglass part that I was intending to skin with carbon fibre but after a few disappointing and frustrating attempts I have now been toying with the idea of making a mould from the original part and using the infusion method to replicate the part in carbon fibre instead!!... Obviously I will need to make a reverse mould!!.... but what materials do I need?? I'm not talking about the infusion/bagging side, just the moulding materials, methods and techniques to produce the mould itself?? Thanks Pete.
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MarkMK	MarkMK posted 6 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 338, Visits: 2K	If you're in the UK then EC's Uni-mould system is quite straightforward to use and will produce good hard wearing moulds that are epoxy compatible without need to worry about any reaction with the tooling gel coat (as can sometimes be the case with polyester-based moulds). There's loads of info and videos on EC's site that can provide you with pretty much all that you'd need in terms of guidance also I'd certainly recommend this system over using epoxy-based ones, to begin with at least, as epoxy tooling gel coats can be a little more prone to air entrapment owing to the higher viscosity and can be more difficult to repair well
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Peter Robinson	P Peter Robinson posted 6 Years Ago HOT Post Details
P Group: Forum Members Posts: 7, Visits: 65	+x MarkMK - 2/11/2019 8:30:48 AM If you're in the UK then EC's Uni-mould system is quite straightforward to use and will produce good hard wearing moulds that are epoxy compatible without need to worry about any reaction with the tooling gel coat (as can sometimes be the case with polyester-based moulds). There's loads of info and videos on EC's site that can provide you with pretty much all that you'd need in terms of guidance also I'd certainly recommend this system over using epoxy-based ones, to begin with at least, as epoxy tooling gel coats can be a little more prone to air entrapment owing to the higher viscosity and can be more difficult to repair well Thanks for the advice.
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 6 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	MarkMk is right about the Uni-Mould system. The good thing is being based on a vinylester gelcoat, it is compatible with polyester and epoxy resins meaning that you could make a range of different finish and quality of parts from the same mould. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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Peter Robinson	P Peter Robinson posted 6 Years Ago HOT Post Details
P Group: Forum Members Posts: 7, Visits: 65	+x Warren (Staff) - 2/12/2019 9:29:20 AM MarkMk is right about the Uni-Mould system. The good thing is being based on a vinylester gelcoat, it is compatible with polyester and epoxy resins meaning that you could make a range of different finish and quality of parts from the same mould. I will do a little more research into the Uni-mould system and check out some more of EC's tutorials on this, thank you for taking the time to reply.
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