Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Items needed for the Carbon Fiber mold process?

There are a bunch of ways to make the mold, the easiest without destroying the original is to use latex and plaster of paris. Paint the original part with about 5 coats of latex, let each one set. Then remove from the part, If it is too flexible, it needs to be put back on the mother part and poured with plaster to make it stiff, a couple of popsickle sticks in there won't hurt, Once it is rigid, you can remove it from the mother part and lay up your resin and carbon cloth, let set, trim and pull it out of the mold. It is a complex part, remove it from the plaster back, then peel off the latex, you should have a nice looking part in your hand that needs trimming. There are sites on line that explain all this stuff, it doesn't have to relate to carbon fiber at all, more like mold making, casting, brass, bronze, etc.

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