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Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/14/12 8:22 p.m.

Here are some good how to videos from a UK company.

http://www.carbonfiberdiy.com/

I'm considering making a fiberglass hood for the Abomination and ran across these. I thought I would share.

Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/14/12 8:28 p.m.

They also have some other videos here.

Ranger50 UltraDork
10/14/12 8:37 p.m.

Don't forget the DIY article on theturboforums.com too.

The biggest PITA I have found is making your plug then making a transfer mold from that.

Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/14/12 8:58 p.m.

In reply to Ranger50:

So, that link redirects to Arabs.com ???

Now the feds are going to lock me away for life.

I was going to use the original hood as the plug to pull the mold from.

Ranger50 UltraDork
10/14/12 9:04 p.m.

http://www.theturboforums.com/PBcarbonfiber.php

proper link.

Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/14/12 9:14 p.m.

In reply to Ranger50:

Thanks!

Protege2886 Reader
2/25/13 2:46 p.m.

Toyman01 wrote: In reply to Ranger50: So, that link redirects to Arabs.com ??? Now the feds are going to lock me away for life. I was going to use the original hood as the plug to pull the mold from.

Son of a... I wish I had read that first. Just clicked the same link. Now work is going to deport my backside back to Canada.

motomoron Dork
2/26/13 1:33 p.m.

Ranger50 wrote: Don't forget the DIY article on theturboforums.com too. The biggest PITA I have found is making your plug then making a transfer mold from that.

You should be able to pop a good mold off a freshly polished hood after 4 coats of wax and some PVA. The PVA is water soluble, so once you get a plastic demolding wedge in, squirt the water in.

~pop~

GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
2/26/13 2:27 p.m.

I watched those videos, they helped me understand why CF stuff is so expensive.

DaveEstey SuperDork
2/26/13 3:46 p.m.

I've never seen the process of injecting the resin under vacuum. Usually I see it rolled out and then bagged. Seems unncessarily complicated.

Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
2/26/13 4:59 p.m.

I've rethought this. If I do it it will be for the Abomination. A Spitfire hood weighs a ton. The finish doesn't have to be perfect so rather than pulling a mold and then making the part, I was thinking of just laying up a couple of layers of cloth with resin on the original hood and using that as the finished product. Throw a little reinforcing on the inside and done. Yes, it will have the cloth pattern, but it really doesn't matter. It doesn't have to be perfect, just light.