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Old 09-13-2006, 08:13 PM
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Jason used to have a description on this site which is were I learned about molding tables. I cant find it now. I used a piece of malanine sp? board from lowes or Home depot. wax it real good 4-5 times buffing as you go. You can gel coat or use durateck and then start laying up on top of that. There are many variations but thats the basics. I'm out of here...going hunting for 4 days.

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Old 09-21-2006, 06:20 PM
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Strick, when using gel coat or durateck on your molding table do you allow them to dry before laying up the glass. Also, in some of your pictures I noticed that you were making molds with something that didn't seem to be melamine. I'm refering to the transition piece between your livewell and the seat that you constructed, which turned out beautiful by the way. Also I sent Jason a PM and he informed me that the pages that you refered to were lost when the website was revamped in january.
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Old 09-21-2006, 09:53 PM
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Melimene [sp?] is usually a thin sheet material, kind's like Formica which can be used too.

When building a layup table it need's to be made with material's that will not warp.

Typical for our use would be a panel that can be setup and taken down just laid on a few sawhorse's.

A sheet of decent 3/4in plywood and a sheet of 3/4in MDF [Mediun Density Fiberboard] glued together Then a sheet of Formica glued on each side with the exposed edges of the wood sealed should work well.

The Formica on the bottom side help's to keep it balanced and sealed from moisture.

Storage is important too and can be a pain with limited storage room.

I use the regular mold release wax to wax it. It's available from the fiberglass supply house's.

Strick use's a bunch of 3/4in MDF to build mold's, like the one for his leaning post and motor bracket.

He knock's 'em out quick. He's a mold building son of gun.
He's taken Bigshrimpin under his wing now, teaching him the ropes.





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Old 09-21-2006, 11:42 PM
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Ah....the infamous "Burro Brand" sawhorses show their faces once again. That means the California boys are busy mixing resin....and it aint for surfboards.
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Old 09-22-2006, 01:33 AM
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Ah....the infamous "Burro Brand" sawhorses show their faces once again. That means the California boys are busy mixing resin....and it aint for surfboards.
Looks like the cats out of the bag. Thats Bigshrimpin's project so I'll let him do the posting on that one. I've been holding his pic's hostage.

71kidcasper- To answer your question I let the duratec set up till it is still a little tacky then start the lay up. Never worked with gel coat. MDF makes good one off mold material.

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Old 09-22-2006, 07:05 PM
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Strick, If I wanted to use MDF for one off molds does it need to be sealed or coated with something so that there isn't any problem with release.
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Old 09-22-2006, 07:36 PM
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Is that a bracket that your building ???????
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