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first mould

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By japcarmaniac - 2/11/2012 4:26:29 PM

ok so i set about making my first mould. as some of you know ive had to use polyester resin as i was misinformed before i purchased my supplies. anyway ive got a few questions to go with the pics ive uploaded. why did the pva bead off? i assume its not compatible with the wax. i cleaned it from the part and just waxed it again as i didnt want these beads in the mould.

can i use the tooling gelcoat again with carbon fibre or chopped strand to reinforce the mould? or can i use epoxy laminating resin over the cured polyester to reinforce it?

thanks
By matthieutje65 - 2/28/2012 2:43:26 PM

nice to hava another belgian compagnon here Wink

OT: I mostly wax and polish my mould 4times then use moldrelease spray and never had problems Wink