Mr. G. Brettin's Slow Motion Leg Hump

gbrettin · 03-24-2020, 09:57 AM

Waxed and buffed the hood one more time. Laid down two coats of PVA (liquid plastic). Put down a TON of gel coat. Started to lay in fiberglass but I ran out of MKEP. I'll need to buy more fiberglass and MKEP (hardner) so that the gel coat can completely cure. The gel coat will never fully harden with out a top coat of epoxy. Honestly, I might be a good thing I ran out of MKEP, because I think the gel coat was a bit thick. It will have time to dry off a bit. This mold will probably not be dry for a 1 week minimum. I suspect it will be closer to two weeks because it's still cold in MI and the shop doesn't get that warm. I'll bring a torpedo heater in later to ensure some heat makes it into the mold.

New supplies are on their way to make a plug for the cowl. That's gonna take me a lot of time to make so the timing works out.

Rusty · 03-24-2020, 10:22 AM

Be nice to have a chopper gun. You could build up the mold real quick that way.

JARblue · 03-24-2020, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Be nice to have a chopper gun. You could build up the mold real quick that way.

Those things are fun. And a mess! Never used one for it's proper application, but I've shot a few of them over the years

Rusty · 03-24-2020, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Those things are fun. And a mess! Never used one for it's proper application, but I've shot a few of them over the years

When I worked for Champion Chassis. First floor, we built racing chassis's. 2nd floor, they made fiber glass body parts. They had a couple of different types of chopper guns. Made quick work of doing fiber glass.

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03-24-2020, 09:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
gbrettin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Portage, MI Posts: 2,304 Drives: Tricycle Rep Power: 589452	Waxed and buffed the hood one more time. Laid down two coats of PVA (liquid plastic). Put down a TON of gel coat. Started to lay in fiberglass but I ran out of MKEP. I'll need to buy more fiberglass and MKEP (hardner) so that the gel coat can completely cure. The gel coat will never fully harden with out a top coat of epoxy. Honestly, I might be a good thing I ran out of MKEP, because I think the gel coat was a bit thick. It will have time to dry off a bit. This mold will probably not be dry for a 1 week minimum. I suspect it will be closer to two weeks because it's still cold in MI and the shop doesn't get that warm. I'll bring a torpedo heater in later to ensure some heat makes it into the mold. New supplies are on their way to make a plug for the cowl. That's gonna take me a lot of time to make so the timing works out.