Hi,

I had some more free time and decided to test this with clear resin this afternoon.

When I finished, I could swear I smelt this stuff before, after 20 minutes or so it clicked, same smell as bog.

I will wait and see how it turns out tomorrow

Nigel

Lesson for today,

make sure the resin is %100 set before de-molding,

and putting the mold back together, and warming it in the oven for 40 minutes does not fix the issue of stuffing it up...

Nigel

This one is a lot better, but not good enough.

Looks ok looking at it on my phone? What aren't you happy with?

Looks ok looking at it on my phone? What aren't you happy with?

It hasn't got a good smooth finish, I don't think I'm leaving it long enough to set, or not putting enough MEKP catalyst in it.

It's cold where I'm working on it ( about 10C ), the next one I'll put it in the oven for 30 -50 minute before I open it.

just to make sure we are talking about the same part, it's the clear center lens ( will be the reverse light )

Nigel

Edited May 30, 201113 yr by Noddle

This isn't a bad read either!

Great stuff nigel.

http://www.alumilite.com/howtos/TailLightCastingNoEquipment.cfm

Hi,

I'm getting a nice collection now,

but I not getting the results I want,

so I sent a email to the company that I been buying my stuff from, and it appears I'm using the wrong type of resin,

hopefully in the next week my order of "BJB rigid waterclear" will turn up.

Nigel

I think alot of orders will be going in once you are happy with the products? I hope your ready for that??haha well done sir, watching with intense interest, good on you for having a go!!!

Dan

Thanks you for the encouragement.

Hopefully they will turn out good, if they do, I'll sell a few of them, I don't see a big market for them,

but since I need the mould to do mine, I can do some extras, so it should help some others.

Nigel

Nigel,

how easy do you think it would be to create a part from scratch using this method?

could you make a solid resin block, cut it in half then carve out the reverse of the mould?

Thinking towards the GT-R style outer rings, but i could also do with making a set of larger guage rings to fit the autometer guages i will be installing

could you also post some more details on the equipment you used (vaccum setup etc.)

thanks

Edited June 10, 201113 yr by khughes

Kent,

If I was to make something like this, I would make the part out of wood / bog / hard foam / etc., then take a mould of that.

I was looking at making the square cornered reflector ( the one on the bumper bar ), but I don't know how to get the chrome finish, I assume these have a chrome finish on the out side ( It's a bit hard to see with your photos, and the ones I have I cant see it either)

When I get some more time, I'll take some photos of my gear for you.

Nigel

This is my gear,

a $10 pressure cooker, a square 10 mm thick flexi glass (I was told it's the stuff they use in excavators to stop the trees getting the driver)

a vacuum pump, vacuum gauge,

this is the main gear I use, also I can pressurize the vessel if I need to.

also I wrote some code to work out the measurement of my resin, sine it's mixed 100 : 88 parts

Nigel

Edited June 11, 201113 yr by Noddle