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dilligaf76	dilligaf76 posted 4 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 49, Visits: 115	I recently made a mould out of glass fibre and resin and then finished it off with acrylic rattle can spray paint but after vacuuming my carbon fibre project it turned out to be a disaster. I waxed the mould several times before applying the resin and laying the carbon fibre and then vacuum bagged it. It wasn't the easiest to release and it left an imprint on the moulds surface from the carbon fibre and ruined the product I pulled out. Can someone tell me what I have done wrong and how I can rectify the problem?
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Fasta	Fasta posted 4 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 3.5K	+x dilligaf76 - 6/28/2020 9:59:08 AM I recently made a mould out of glass fibre and resin and then finished it off with acrylic rattle can spray paint but after vacuuming my carbon fibre project it turned out to be a disaster. I waxed the mould several times before applying the resin and laying the carbon fibre and then vacuum bagged it. It wasn't the easiest to release and it left an imprint on the moulds surface from the carbon fibre and ruined the product I pulled out. Can someone tell me what I have done wrong and how I can rectify the problem? Never use acrylic rattle can paint for moulding. You really need use the right materials for releasing etc, just because it has release agents on it does not make it good. I like to use polyester resin coats or polyurethane two part paints. Fastacraft Facebook page
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dilligaf76	dilligaf76 posted 4 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 49, Visits: 115	Hi and thanks for your comment. Yes I’ve learned a costly mistake the hard way, definitely won’t be doing that again. Having said that I have successfully made carbon fibre and glass fibre parts from other moulds that got the rattle can treatment, only difference was I never vacuumed bagged them...
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Fasta	Fasta posted 4 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 3.5K	+x dilligaf76 - 7/1/2020 8:37:21 AM Hi and thanks for your comment. Yes I’ve learned a costly mistake the hard way, definitely won’t be doing that again. Having said that I have successfully made carbon fibre and glass fibre parts from other moulds that got the rattle can treatment, only difference was I never vacuumed bagged them... I avoid them in general as they can also react with other paints when doing repair work. Fastacraft Facebook page
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