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New to composites, Here is my first attempt at laminating.

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By joellawtie - 7/17/2016 9:53:44 AM

New to composites, Here is my first attempt at laminating. 

Have quite a lot of items i want to laminate inside my car so began with the Ignition Barrel cover. 

I'll let the pictures do the talking. 

1 note i will add is 3 coats in there was water contamination on a wet coat and it ruined that coat. So yes i have applied quite a thick layer of resin over the piece.

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So thats my first Item and i am very proud of it even if it is a bit shoddy 

I made something that isn't available on the market BigGrin

Bonus Pics

This is the car i will be transforming with composites if anyone is interested Smile
1994 Toyota Soarer JZZ31 2.5 Twin Turbo ( Soon to be Big Single Turbo) 

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By joellawtie - 7/19/2016 8:34:12 AM

Thanks Davro !

in the 6th picture you can see where i sanded it down after its 2nd coat, Still some low spots but looked alright, the 7th picture where you can see all the low spots and what looks like gouges is after my father kinda let some water on it while 2hrs into a cure ha 
But the EL2 filled the low spots well and i was happy that i didn't need to scrap the part. 

Looking forward to using the XCR, Should arrive Wednesday so i can start 1 item before i fly out for holidays on thursday ha