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First part: Interior panel

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By 67redrocket - 9/24/2015 7:29:19 PM

Hello I'am going to start up with my first carbon fiber part. Its a small interior panel. As this is my first part I want some help so I don't do too many mistakes in the beginning. I have bought some chemicals for the mold that I'am going to pick up saturday:

Epoxy Tooling Gelcoat
Easy-Lease Chemical Release Agent1
Epoxy Mould Making Putty
Soft Filleting and Filling Wax
Meguiar's mirror glaze mold release wax nr. 8

I have attached a picture of the panel I want to create a mould from. Its steel and the bondo is a polyester body bondo. 

For the  flanges arround the part I have bought polypropylene sheets as I have read that the gelcoat would not stick to the PP plastic. 

I am wondering if i should wax the part before I apply the Easy-lease, or should I use Easy-lease before I wax the part???

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By carbonfibreworks - 9/29/2015 6:59:44 AM

Hi Redrocket
Only one way forward with this and its quick and easy use PVA release, you will have a bit of polishing to do on the mould but a guaranteed release.
Regards Chris