Can i mould from a Matt surface??

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Can i mould from a Matt surface??

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Dogger	Dogger posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 46	Hi folks. i have a car which a previous owner painted matt black, its not my choice, but it is a race car so spending a lot having it resprayed is a waste as it won't make it go any faster! i want to mould the panels as spares, but in carbon, and hopefully replace all the panels with home-made carbon ones eventually, but can i take moulds from something that is painted with a matt paint or will it adversely affect the surface of the mould and will it tend to have more bite- so it won't release cleanly? thanks
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Personally I don't think it's an issue. Spray PVA as a release agent and there will be very minimal sanding needed to make the moulds glossy. Quick flat with 1200 then compound would do it. Certainly there I merit in the idea of perfecting the patterns before making the moulds, but are you going to be selling these panels? Will the moulds be production moulds that you're gonna pull 50 parts from? If not, I'd question the worth of spending a lot of time and money getting the patterns perfect when it would be a lot cheaper and a lot simpler to just polish up the moulds. Of course if the current paint is in pretty bad condition, then it would probably be worth getting them fixed up and painted. If it is in good condition and just has a matt finish then I say go ahead and make the moulds.
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