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Master Asylum 
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Posted: February 14, 2005 at 10:31 AM / IP Logged  
No pics yet and I don't even know if it will be worth it, but for $13 bucks I got 8 sq ft of cloth, 1 qt of resin, some procedures, mixing tools, applicator(plastic reuseable, meh), and I believe that's all. Plus I have the gloves and ceran wrap sitting around doing crap. I wanna get started doing something like a household glass for my first project (I think I'll do a standard glass first then the complex shaped owl sitting around for something different) but it is cold outside, like sitting above freezing. So I was wandering how bad would it suck to do that in a room that I can ventilate moderately well? Because I might be able to use the garage and use an outlet to blow dry the sob out there, but otherwise I need a good source of heat... And the nice space heater works well for warm. LMK ASAP, kinda hoping to start this afternoon. peace!
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Eclipse CD8454
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2xRockford 6"x9" Punch 3-way FRC4369
1xMemphis 16-MCH1300 5-channel
2xKicker 12" L5 Solobaric-2 Ohm
Bmnicolosi 
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Posted: February 14, 2005 at 10:47 AM / IP Logged  
if you can ventilate your ok.  resin will make you higher than a kite if you dont get good air ventilation.  as far as the heat source, i used a heat gun when it was cold before, but be careful too much heat will begin to burn the cloth.
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Posted: February 14, 2005 at 10:57 AM / IP Logged  
I advise against doing it in the house unless you have really good ventilation. Your whole house will smell like resin. To test you could pour some resin in a cup and let it sit there for a hour or so to see how far it spreads.
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Master Asylum 
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Posted: February 14, 2005 at 11:03 AM / IP Logged  

Well any good proposed solutions to this problem? I don't wanna deal with odor. (The cats are problem enough since the g/f rarely cleans the stupid box even with it being closed AND filtered, tho those sh*t out if not cleaned, go figure.) I'm thinking the garage (it already reaks of resin since her dad does FG work on bodies) and that should give me a way to heat it with a blow drier or something.

Any tips on knowing when exactly it is dried enough to remove from the cast or whatever.

1998 Monte Carlo w/
Eclipse CD8454
2xRockford 5.25" Power 2-way T152C
2xRockford 6"x9" Punch 3-way FRC4369
1xMemphis 16-MCH1300 5-channel
2xKicker 12" L5 Solobaric-2 Ohm
oonikfraleyoo 
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Posted: February 14, 2005 at 11:49 AM / IP Logged  
Touch it. If it feels hard (maybe a little tacky) Its should be good. Also read the post "Garage Ventilation"
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Master Asylum 
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Posted: February 14, 2005 at 11:51 AM / IP Logged  

Already did. :) Hence why I decided to get an opinion on this. :) Might have been better suited in there, but oh well.

Thanks for all the input! BTW, oonik, you got AIM by chance? Is so please feel free to say hey on there sometime. Master Asylum is the SN

Thanks for all the help!

1998 Monte Carlo w/
Eclipse CD8454
2xRockford 5.25" Power 2-way T152C
2xRockford 6"x9" Punch 3-way FRC4369
1xMemphis 16-MCH1300 5-channel
2xKicker 12" L5 Solobaric-2 Ohm
Master Asylum 
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Posted: February 15, 2005 at 7:25 AM / IP Logged  

Yeah might start this today, though 2 hours of sleep and I got a 9 hour shift of driving at work tonight, I'll prolly sleep for a good set of hours instead but...

On mold release, what materials have worked best for people and how is it applied? Like take the foil, wrap around, then apply the release, then cloth/mat + resin over that?

1998 Monte Carlo w/
Eclipse CD8454
2xRockford 5.25" Power 2-way T152C
2xRockford 6"x9" Punch 3-way FRC4369
1xMemphis 16-MCH1300 5-channel
2xKicker 12" L5 Solobaric-2 Ohm
oonikfraleyoo 
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Posted: February 15, 2005 at 8:36 AM / IP Logged  
I usually just let the foil be my release. Unless I'm doing something speical where that just wont work. You may have a few small pieces of foil stuck in crevases in the glass but nothing that you can't get out if you really want to.
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Master Asylum 
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Posted: February 15, 2005 at 11:28 AM / IP Logged  
Thanks again!
1998 Monte Carlo w/
Eclipse CD8454
2xRockford 5.25" Power 2-way T152C
2xRockford 6"x9" Punch 3-way FRC4369
1xMemphis 16-MCH1300 5-channel
2xKicker 12" L5 Solobaric-2 Ohm
Master Asylum 
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Posted: February 16, 2005 at 11:53 AM / IP Logged  

Well that failed, a lot... Holy crap that is like the worst thing ever, I'm hoping the stuff atleast can clean up :/

The kit I got didn't cooperate at all. The stupid tiny ass tray they give you is the worst idea ever, it didn't work for my, at all. Infact it ended up screwing my entire thing up. The reuseable applicator, bad. The only useful thing was the cloth and resin and hardener(which I have already used 50%, *sigh*) Well maybe for my next idea I'll tear the cloth into sections to fit the glas instead of trying to get it to apply to the entire thing. f**k I wish I didn't listen to the direction, like, at all. I guess I'll try another time when I can get the appropriate supplies for the project.

On a side note, even with the gloves, some stuff got through, and it kinda stings a little. Any clue on house hold products that I can use?

1998 Monte Carlo w/
Eclipse CD8454
2xRockford 5.25" Power 2-way T152C
2xRockford 6"x9" Punch 3-way FRC4369
1xMemphis 16-MCH1300 5-channel
2xKicker 12" L5 Solobaric-2 Ohm
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