Expanding foam for mould, solid enough ?


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Hi all,



Anybody used the expanding foam you can buy from the diy stores, in aerosol form.

I'd like to know what the difference is between that, and the 2 part stuff available.  I understand that the 2 part stuff may be 'closed cell', probably making it harder. But can I get away with using the normal aerosol stuff usually used for insulation purposes ?

I'd like to spray it into a form ( female mould ) about the size of a shoe box, then demould the expanded spray foam, and then brush on layers of Pattern-Coat Primer to make it harder to use as a main male mould.







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Thanks Hanaldo,

I did find it in the end, the company do 'Smooth-On' products in France if anyones interested

www.creation-silicone.com

After you last post I decided I would invest a little money and go the professional way. I don't particularly want to screw-up my moulds for the sake of saving a few notes.

It's taken me weeks to get to the stage of getting the contours of the headlights bang on, so they align with the body panels. Now all I have to do is to get the twin apertures positioned correctly. As I've used the vehicles OEM glass headlights to create the 'plug' I need to make of them. Hopefully using Vac-Cast.

Here's how I went about making the headlight plugs > T4 Quad Headlight Project



Many thanks for your help, always very informative coming here.









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