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Franz Mussner	Franz Mussner posted 7 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 10, Visits: 28	Hey everyone! I am planning to do a F1 seat, i was wondering if there is such thing as a foam wich gets hard after a while so that you can use it as a mould? Or how would you build the mold? thanks!
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 7 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Super easy to do. Just fill a garbage bag with 2 pack expanding polyurethane foam and sit in it while it cures. That's how I made the mould for this 1968 Brabham seat: Edited 7 Years Ago by Hanaldo
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Formula 1 seat

Franz Mussner - 7 Years Ago

Do you want to do a proper carbon f1 seat ? Or a foam splash moulded to your shape to drop in a tub

f1rob - 7 Years Ago

it should be more like a piece of furniture to look at, does not need to be functional...

Franz Mussner - 7 Years Ago

but yes, with my own sizes

Franz Mussner - 7 Years Ago

so you are looking into something that looks like the carbon hammock bath? You can buy sheets of the same mouldphorm material that easy composites sell, and use heat to formit to a shape and then a....

scottracing - 7 Years Ago

Super easy to do. Just fill a garbage bag with 2 pack expanding polyurethane foam and sit in it while it cures. That's how I made the mould for this 1968 Brabham seat:

Hanaldo - 7 Years Ago

A lot of the kits you see use fast curing resins and plastic beads to bulk it out as you sit on it during the cure. Doing something similar as Hanaldo says would get you the shape you can use to make...

Warren (Staff) - 7 Years Ago

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