Trying to mold my doors...:((((

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Trying to mold my doors...:((((

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brainfart	brainfart posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 198, Visits: 1.4K	You want to build the mold with West epoxy and apply it to the coupling coat? You better do a small experimental mold first, I am not sure this will work. The uni-mould system uses a vinylester tooling gelcoat and both the coupling coat and tooling resin are polyester based. I am not sure the West will properly bond to them. [Edit: typo] Edited 11 Years Ago by brainfart
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BlackNDecker	BlackNDecker posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 92, Visits: 251	D-day goes down on Friday... This epoxy resin should be compatible with the Easycomposites coupling coat? I also have high quality polyester resin in case it's not....gotta read up more on the characteristics of the coupling coat.
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BlackNDecker	BlackNDecker posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 92, Visits: 251	Thanks Hanaldo! I went back and cleaned up the fillet wax and straightened up all the lines so that my cut lines will be easier to see. I'll start on the PVA tomorrow.
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Do 5-6 coats of release wax, 2-3 mist coats of PVA and then 1-2 heavier coats of PVA.
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BlackNDecker	BlackNDecker posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 92, Visits: 251	The fillet wax arrived and I massaged it into all crevices: All done: I got one good coat of Meguiars wax laid down before the fillet wax. Now I'm thinking I will spray 5-6 coats of PVA then give another try with the gel coat. Edited 11 Years Ago by BlackNDecker
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The Fibreglass King	The Fibreglass King posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 69, Visits: 652	Hi blackNdecker, When you apply the gel coat start from the top and work down, dip your brush in the gel and dab a couple of splodges on,then brush across horizontaly then repeat this as you go down the door once it is all covered then strike down vertically and evenly this will take any excess gel to the bottom then return the excess gel to the pot! Leave for a couple of hous at least then repeat!! Hope this helps?? Kind Regards The Fibreglass King
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BlackNDecker	BlackNDecker posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 92, Visits: 251	Lol...thanks. My concern now is trying to apply gelcoat to a vertical surface:-[
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TomDesign	TomDesign posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 454, Visits: 2.5K	nice poker game btw trust me doors not go bad they taken or mounted as they oem. so far so good with flange. remember good wax always correct ratio of hardener and try not to put hudge amount of gelcoat in places to look like dalmantin
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Devin Wang	Devin Wang posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
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BlackNDecker	BlackNDecker posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 92, Visits: 251	I decided to mount the door on the car to mold it...it would've been heart breaking to mold a warped door:o) I was hoping to get some feed back on my flanges. I used styrofoam poster board and playing cards. Then I carefully taped the cards with foil tape: And all finished up...I'm just waiting on the wax fillet I ordered from easy composites:
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