How would you make a mold of this?


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It is a 'pod' that holds 2 90mm hella lights and a turn signal. current one is painted fiberglass. heavily built and I want a light carbon one showing the twill... my unanswered questions so far
- It has negative features because of the headlight tubes requiring a two part or more mold, or what I'm testing now, shore 60A for the headlight tubes and one piece fiberglass for the rest. or shore 60A silicone for the whole part with fiber backing for reinforcement?
- how to get a consistent weave pattern where the tubes transition to the overall body of the part. either have the same fabric piece lay into the tubes and have seams hopefully hidden? or have seams where the tubes join the main body of the part?
- infusion is the method i am gonna try to use. where should the resin feed line(s) and vacuum line(s) be located?


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Well I'm back. I ended up using shore 60A silicone for the headlight and turn signal tubes, and made a silicone vac bag. I set it up so I could do vacuum infusion but elected to do wet layup for the first time (I've never done vac infusion before but have all the required tools and material on hand). It has some flaws on it (a few wrinkles in the back of the tubes, a small resin pool on the surface) but is otherwise pretty good looking I think. Here are some pics of the mold and part. Let me know what you think. I'm new and this was by far the most challenging part I've made so far.

About to make vacuum bag out of silicone

Silicone vacuum bag

Making the first part. I made the tubes separately, then trimmed and placed them back on the silicone and in the mold. 

Fresh out of the mold

Post duratec sunshield spraying and wet sanding (the lip around the part is unfinished but it is not seen once installed)



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