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Really lost interest in all my hobbies lately. Not sure what the deal is.... Hopefully I can find my motivation again!
We have been extra busy with the 3 kids lately and just life in general.
I decided I need to finish up this car over this winter and attempted to carve out some time over this past weekend.
I really shouldn't have attempted this mold creation step in the short window of time that I had on Saturday.
I had 60 minutes available Saturday and "went for it".
Step 1 was to apply the gel coat. Given my issues with multiple coats I decided to do a single heavy coat. Waited for it to cure in about 25 mins, with the help of my wife's blow dryer.
Step 2 applied 2 layers of chopped strand fiberglass to make the mold. It was rushed and the fiberglass had some air bubbles/gaps between it and the gelcoat. The gelcoat has little strength being so thin and not supported by the fiberglass where those air bubbles. You can see in the image below the spots where the air bubbles are chipped away while washing the PVA mold release off with a water hose. I'll have to fill them in with body filler and sand it smooth.
We have been extra busy with the 3 kids lately and just life in general.
I decided I need to finish up this car over this winter and attempted to carve out some time over this past weekend.
I really shouldn't have attempted this mold creation step in the short window of time that I had on Saturday.
I had 60 minutes available Saturday and "went for it".
Step 1 was to apply the gel coat. Given my issues with multiple coats I decided to do a single heavy coat. Waited for it to cure in about 25 mins, with the help of my wife's blow dryer.
Step 2 applied 2 layers of chopped strand fiberglass to make the mold. It was rushed and the fiberglass had some air bubbles/gaps between it and the gelcoat. The gelcoat has little strength being so thin and not supported by the fiberglass where those air bubbles. You can see in the image below the spots where the air bubbles are chipped away while washing the PVA mold release off with a water hose. I'll have to fill them in with body filler and sand it smooth.
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