MDF and oak moulds


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kosak95
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Hi all, 

I have a question regarding making moulds from mdf or oak. I cnc milled 2 moulds, one from MDF and one from oak. Moulds are for bike helmet I want to make.
Can you recommend what final layers should I put on mould? What couloring or something like that?

I already tried to put some colors but mould got ruined because carbon with epoxy resin glued to it.

Please any help and I will be grateful.
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It depends on what you're going to do. I usually only use one coat or epoxy to seal the MDF and move on from there with a primer (and then a 2-part topcoat if I'm really fussing - but usually primer is fine) and use that to build as glossy a surface as is needed.  Make sure primers are chemically compatible!  

You could also use you epoxy as a primer and add another coat and sand that to 600-800 grit (or whatever you feel like) and then apply release.  I haven't tested it but my guess is that a mold primer/sealer like Easy Composites S120 (or Chemlease 2737 or Marbocote N1000) followed by a semi-permanent release system would work fine.  The surface can't be porous though or it will stick.





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