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brasco
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for my first of many--
looks like this one
ordered some materials friday for my project.
got tooling gelcoat and mold release coming.
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Hi, good look with the project and here is a bit of advice if it's needed.
The spoiler looks like one of the "80's" rubber ones? If it is then it will have years of polish, back to black type products ingrained into it. These products can play havoc with release agents when taking moulds.(I learnt the hard way) Give it a good steam clean and plenty of panel wipe. Depending on the cure time of your tooling gelcoat you may want to add a little more catalyst and some heat lamps to speed things up. The longer the gelcoat takes to cure the more time it has to "attack" the rubber of the spoiler.
Also they tend to be heavy and flexible meaning that depending on how you support it when making the mould it may loose it's shape and the new one won't fit the contours of the car when fitted. If you can get hold of a boot lid (trunk lol) then I would make the mould with the spoiler attached to it.
Best of luck Warren
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my first project
brasco
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12 Years Ago
so as i am working out what i need , i am trying different ways to keep costs down. buy tooling gel...
brasco
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12 Years Ago
Good luck - I'm one of those 'others' you talk about that dont have any day-job experience to go by...
Philimon
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12 Years Ago
I'm a proper tight ass! If its of use I just use regular glass to make moulds. I double gel and lay...
FLD
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12 Years Ago
....and I run the polisher over it with some G3 for that nice glossy finish prior to applying mould...
FLD
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12 Years Ago
Hi, good look with the project and here is a bit of advice if it's needed. The spoiler looks like...
wozza
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12 Years Ago
i went down the road of polyester moulds on my first attempt, didn't take too much notice on the...
neilb
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12 Years Ago
oh and i have two of these cars, and both have not been damaged in the rear. i am confident that the...
brasco
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12 Years Ago
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