Hi guys, perhaps you can help. as many of you will know I am building a Countach replica, I bought a body shell pre made, a good mate is building his the hard way from cad and making a foam plug, he has asked if he can copy my flares and front bumper , he is a panel beater and so works with bog all day, neither of us have any real experience with fibreglass moulding, originally he was going to take some paper patterns and draw it up in cad, I once used some bog to make a small mould about 6 inches long as a one off and it worked great, but this is a whole different matter.
I read somewhere probably on here about using a aluminium foil tape from 3m stick it on the body and mould off that has anyone done this, I could wax the body and then use pva release, but am reluctant to do this as it means trying to get the wax off again when it comes time to paint, would a couple of coates of pva over my gel coat, or the tape work, the mould he wants to take off only has to make 1 flair each, I suggested about 10mm of bog over the tape with a rebar or similar bent to the shape to give it some shape and to stop it turning into a floppy jelly. I am about 5 hrs from him so its a long way for him to come and find we can't copy the shapes.
any help much appreciated
I read somewhere probably on here about using a aluminium foil tape from 3m stick it on the body and mould off that has anyone done this, I could wax the body and then use pva release, but am reluctant to do this as it means trying to get the wax off again when it comes time to paint, would a couple of coates of pva over my gel coat, or the tape work, the mould he wants to take off only has to make 1 flair each, I suggested about 10mm of bog over the tape with a rebar or similar bent to the shape to give it some shape and to stop it turning into a floppy jelly. I am about 5 hrs from him so its a long way for him to come and find we can't copy the shapes.
any help much appreciated