Carbon Mould From Fibreglass Original


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Hi all,
I have an original fibreglass part that I was intending to skin with carbon fibre but after a few disappointing and frustrating attempts I have now been toying with the idea of making a mould from the original part and using the infusion method to replicate the part in carbon fibre instead!!...  Obviously I will need to make a reverse mould!!.... but what materials do I need?? I'm not talking about the infusion/bagging side, just the moulding materials, methods and techniques to produce the mould itself??
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MarkMk is right about the Uni-Mould system.  The good thing is being based on a vinylester gelcoat, it is compatible with polyester and epoxy resins meaning that you could make a range of different finish and quality of parts from the same mould.


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Warren (Staff) - 2/12/2019 9:29:20 AM
MarkMk is right about the Uni-Mould system.  The good thing is being based on a vinylester gelcoat, it is compatible with polyester and epoxy resins meaning that you could make a range of different finish and quality of parts from the same mould.

I will do a little more research into the Uni-mould system and check out some more of EC's tutorials on this, thank you for taking the time to reply.

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