Ducafe seat project

[geoff996]

Looking good intresting to see finished item

[Flatline]

Marty, it's a plug and funnily enough I went and got some mold release today

It will allow me to get the fiberglass unit off of the plug

That way I have the option of making a mold to enable me to use it again

The release wax has to be applied, then wait 40 mins, then polish............8 times

[agentpineapple]

cool so will you be able to house the battery and other things there then
although i read you must try and keep the reg/rec in the air flow to stop over heating, one fella in the us put a pc fan ontop of his reg/rec very clever idea to get around the problem..

[Flatline]

Don't know

Never done this sort of thing before

I'll take my time and enjoy myself

[Flatline]

So now we have some body filler which is spread all over the plug

When dry this will be sanded down and refilled then sanded down etc until its the dogs b#"!*+ks







The final finished article has to be painted with acrylic paint which withstands the heat of the fiberglass

Then Mold release is polished on, left to dry for 40 minutes then buffed to a shine...............8 times

N.B. I reckon I should have painted the plug before using filler, to seal the foam

We'll see

[Wicky]

We used to use two or three coats of exterior (water based) sandtex to seal sculptured polystyrene from the next GRP layers which otherwise would cause it to melt. The sandtex filler can be sanded smooth.

GRP Basics

http://www.pettigrews.org.uk/lm/page028b.htm

[benny hedges]

last one i made i used thick cardboard to get the shape then after i'd glassed it i soaked it in the bath and rubbed all the cardboard off.
took me 2 weeks to make lol but it looked ace - that was on a 125 race bike btw

[Flatline]

Thanks for the info guys, nice link wicky, thanks

Regards

[agentpineapple]

it looks like a bad attempt at icing a cake i hope it looks the nuts mate, fingers crossed for you buddy, i'm looking forward to more pictures

[Flatline]

Well I have hit the first hurdle

Didn't put enough catalyst in the mix so it's not dry after 24hrs

Will have to start again

[agentpineapple]

bugger, just remember rome wasn't built in a day

[Flatline]

On with building Rome then!!!

Am I a lucky bugger?

Or am I a lucky bugger

The filler has gone just hard enough to sand

It's filling the sand paper a bit quick but I reckon I won't have to start all over again

At least I don't think so

[Jazzscot]

Nice one dude

Would of been a pain if you had to start again. Now as you are sanding be prepared to get OCD at the shape as you sand.

You will sand
look at the shape
sand some more
look some more
not be completely happy
sand some more again
go in for a cuppa
think to yourself that the shape aint quite right and you will go out to the workshop at stupid o'clock to satisfy your compulsion.

Enjoy mate.

[Flatline]

Well it's 3 in the morning and I just need to sand a little bit more............oh bugger! Where's the filler

[Flatline]

I appears I am not so lucky

The filler has dried in some areas but not others

Luckily it peels off easily with little damage



Got the tank back. So it's starting to come together