Vac-Cast Epoxy resin ........ what have I bought !?

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TURK	TURK posted 9 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 101, Visits: 662	Hi folks, As per the thread title ........ I'm not sure if what I have bought from EC will be fine for what I am trying to accomplish. I purchased some 'Vac-Cast' Epoxy casting resin as I read it was ideal for a tooling plug as it was an aluminium filled epoxy casting resin resistant to heat. I've searched on the forum on how to use it ( and on YouTube ), but can't find anybody that has used it ! I did find however, many casting tutorials on the net but they were for liquid Latex and others. Am I to assume it's exactly the same procedure ? I have also read some of the tutorials on here, but the guide very quickly deviates to mould construction for the use of vacuum infusion for carbon fibre parts. I simply need to pour the mixture into a vacuum formed part. Leaving me with a 'male' plug so I can vacuum form many other parts just like my original. Any information greatly received as I'm really stuck as to which direction I need to go. Thanks guys. TURK Tags Epoxy resin plug tooling Vac-Cast
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TURK	TURK posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 101, Visits: 662	Many thanks Matthieu for taking the time to respond. Also, thanks for the link to the document, I did actually download that a while ago ........ it was that that really persuaded me to buy the Vac-Cast that I have. I was hoping somehow that I could find a 'how-to' in video form, so I could get a better understanding of how to use the product, or so I thought ! It's amazing to see just how many videos there are on YouTube demonstrating casting techniques ......... not a single one for 'Vac-Cast' however ! There are many ( too many ) resin casting how-to's showing people casting tiny little things pendants and small figurines, not quite what I was looking for. Also, many many videos on casting latex rubbers ! So you have to ask yourself, will my product ( Vac-Cast Epoxy Resin ) act in pretty much the same way. I was hoping that admin would of seized the opportunity to back-up their product, as they're the guy's in the know. As you've kindly confirmed my suspicions, that's exactly what I'll do. My approach is somewhat slightly different to you guys mostly doing resin infusion, and working with carbon fibre. I'm actually constructing some vacuum forming plugs, so I can vacuum form 3mm ABS car headlight assemblies. Here are the plugs in question > T4 Quad Headlight Project I'm putting the finishing touches on the plugs at the moment, just sanding back the Polyester body filler, then I intend on brushing a couple of coats of 'Pattern-Coat Primer' to a nice shiny finish. Do you see any problems doing it this way ? TURK
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	you can coat them with the pattern coat and glosscoat and then apply enough release agent and cast the vac cast epoxy resin in...BUT haven't tested it myself so this is how I would do it but can't say with 100% no problems will happen...It's always good to do a small test before doing the big thing I have the vac vast epoxy here in my workshop and plan to do a tutorial in a few months I think Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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