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emorse2323 
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Posted: March 04, 2004 at 3:45 PM / IP Logged  
What are the steps in making a mold of something??
thanks
sam1 
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Posted: March 04, 2004 at 4:32 PM / IP Logged  

what are you trying to mold?  if its the trunk liner, you just mask off the part and lay fiberglass on it.  if its the front, you build a frame first, then you stretch fleece over it.  thats pretty vague, but here are some links that may help.

http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/main/

http://www.e-kittan.com/fibre.html

emorse2323 
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Posted: March 04, 2004 at 6:57 PM / IP Logged  
Well Im not looking anything particularly just wondering how you would make a mold of like a body kit or dash pieces stuff like that
audiomechanic 
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Posted: March 04, 2004 at 9:21 PM / IP Logged  
look at the JL site in the turorials.there are a couple things in there on making molds.....one is called bed time for bondo. i dont remember what the other is called
other wise there are a lot of different types of molds you can make, silicone, rubber, foam, fiberglass, and so on. it kinda depends on how many times it will be used, what the part looks like you are making the mold of and what not.
sam1 
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im going to try to build a body kit for my car.  i think im going to use foam as a mold because ive heard its pretty easy to work with.  i think before that im going to try some more simpler pieces because ive only built two boxes so far and im still trying to get the hang of it.  boxes were pretty easy, but something like this is going to take a lot more time and skill.  ive also read the bed time for bondo page and its a really good tutorial, so id recommed that as well.

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