Well here it is a long time coming, alot of patience but success at last. The first one out of the mold was okay but not good enough for my keen eye, but lessons learnt the second one was spot on. Now just got to prep it ie do the cut outs and clear coat it. The pics below show the set up, the infusion, partially trimmed ready to be pulled and just after pulling before final trimming. Oh yes the ECU cover is there also.
A few more
I shoda mentioned this dash is made in two parts the bottom section no one sees is bonded on to the top section so her are the pics of that being prepped for infusion and the other pic is the two mold sections
I cant get the hang of showing pics in the thread, if someone wants to do it for me please go ahead.
Thanks Baz
Just post 1x or 2x at a time and watch the limit on the files. I need to figure out a way top increase that. Or try posting them to like a free online photo place like photo bucket and link them to it on you post.
Maybe I’ll try and rework them later but I just heard of a close friend that died last night street racing…
Thanks Werksberg i`ll give it a go with 1 only
Infusion pic
Just out of mold with PVA washed off
Closeup with ECU cover in place
And another
A few more pics coming
Infusion underway
Rear side of part and mold, partially trimmed to help removal
I should have mentioned this dash is made in two parts the lower section no one sees is bonded on to the top section so here are the pics of that being prepped for infusion and the other pic is the two mold sections
Another angle of lower section, prepped for infusion
Last but not least, the two molds. The larger section was 2 molds in order to extract the plug but I found I could remove the part with these two joined and get a better finish without a parting line so these are now permanently joined, glassed and stiffened.
WOW :eek:
looks great!
what layup schedule and resin are you using?
perfeng, the layup is 4 layers carbon obviously laid so weave alternates for strength and strategicaly placed additional 2 layers in a few places. The resin is epoxy a very low viscosity purpose formulated infusion resin and i mix 2 hardeners 50% each to give me my working/gel time. The part is very rigid due in part i guess to the various shapes involved, i must say though the lay up was very time consuming as you can imagine with such a complicated and busy looking mold.
Baz
what brand and model of epoxy did you use for this particular infusion? About how long did the full infusion process take from unclamping to clamping back up.