so as i am working out what i need , i am trying different ways to keep costs down. buy tooling gel coat or just polyester and then some fumed silica
and make my own thixotropic mix.
finally i jus said screw it and went with a quart of tooling gel coat. KISS --Keep It Simple Stupid
LOL
yeah i did that.
so i have pva and some mold release wax and my gelcoat coming. next order will be a few more products until i have all i need to go full on with my spoiler
project.
i think i re learned a lesson-- dont try and be cheap. these are top quality materials that give top quality performance. plan thoroughly and plan for success.
i have been working on how to mold this for about a year and a half. the Easycomposites videos have helped me wrap my brain around how i need to do this. and lots of youtube searching too. i have in the past made molds for fiberglass/SMC repairs in my job, but never anything like this. i am confident this is in my existing skillset, and i should be fine. i feel for you guys who are doing this and come from different backgrounds that dont involve auto repairs
or manufacturing etc that would expose you to the techniques. this is intimidating for me and i have some experience with some similar products to at least fall back on. and i embrace adhesives and all new technology as i discover it. again, all of that for me is job related. for you guys who are IT people, teachers,students and other professions....good luck and i promise to share anything i can that may be helpful as i too learn. as my Fraud Analyst job training showed me, "each one teach one".
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