Xencast Flexible Polyurethane Rubber


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Hi all,



I've got a few questions regarding the 'new' product 'XenCast Flexible Polyurethane Rubber' advertised on your website.

Basically I'm making a couple of moulds with the intention of casting 'Vac-Cast Epoxy Resin' into them,  what I need to end up with are two perfectly reproduced tooling plugs for vacuum forming my final parts into ABS plastic.



The following image will hopefully explain in greater detail my procedure.  I've recently used a product from 'Smooth-On' called 'OOMOO 30',  but had a disastrous result.  I must admit,  as good as it seems to be I just hate working with it.  Here's what my original mould box looks like with my plug secured in the base,  I then poured the silicon rubber into the mould box .........  it was an awful lot of work,  trying to mix what was a consistency of partly molten lava,  and the impossibility of pouring made the job needlessly difficult,  the result was a failed pour and a very badly formed mould  !  >>

 



Pouring the mix in a thin stream in a low corner was just impossible,  I almost had to resort to 'trowelling' it in ! >>

 



When I demoulded the following day,  it wasn't too bad,  but strictly speaking an appalling result.  Not something I would want to cast resin into that's for sure .........  I put it down to a good learning experience  >>





Because the silicon rubber wasn't 'fluid' enough,  full coverage of my plug wasn't achieved,  leaving large voids and air pockets  >>

 









So basically,  my question is,  would that 'XenCast flexible Polyurethane rubber'  be an alternative to OOMOO 30  ?

I've been looking at the 'XenCast PX30',  it seems to have the same characteristics as the OOMOO 30  ( both Shore A of 30 ),  how will it react to Vac-Cast Epoxy Resin being poured into it  ?







To further explain my situation my entire procedure is here >  Headlight mounting bracket moulds
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Hi all,



Quad headlight tooling plugs for vacuum forming now complete  Smile    just got to drill a few vent holes in them and then I can begin vacuum forming hundreds of parts !   BigGrin

I got to say,  I am very impressed and very happy with the CS25 RTV silicone rubber,  I did have de-moulding issues because it tends to 'grip' the resin but I think that's more down to the size and shape of my plug.
But it's tear strength is absolutely amazing .......  you can tug, pull, spread and stretch it all you like and it will not break !  >>

 



I would recommend spraying soapy water into your mould while trying to demould,  makes life so much easier.  Got another perfect resin tooling plug as well  >>

 



Now I have two -  NearSide and OffSide headlight tooling plugs for vacuum forming headlight parts  >>

 







These tooling plugs will be subjected to a lot of heat for at least a couple of minutes ( about 120°C ),  but with the Vac-Cast Epoxy casting Resin with it's aluminium content,  that shouldn't be an issue.
The plugs feel very solid,  pretty much like a solid block of alloy,  and very very smooth ........  I estimate I could feasibly make a couple hundred vacuum formed parts, before I need to make some more tooling plugs.











TURK


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