First bit of grp iv made from scratch!
 

Hi guys,

Iv just pulled my dashboard from the mould iv been making, its cost probably twice what spud charges, and its nowhere near as nice, its also taken ages but i really wanted to have ago at making something myself. A bit of polishing and i reckon it wont look too bad, but im well chuffed. I think the mould needs a bit more work and then il have another go and see if i can make one with woven carbon cloth and epoxy resin

looking good i love research and development id love to attemp this for my own but i just havent got the patience ! what is the actual process for moulding this stuff or the lurly cf ?

ive only done a little bit of fibreglassing before and it was a right pita !:p

Bit of wet n dry and some compound and you are away or cover it in vinyl if you don't fancy trying to polish it up.

i have got the ckc workshop from stoneleigh done by john dickens on my video camera. its a whole hour on laying up carbon fibre.

if i can find a site that will let me upload a whole hour of video then i will as its quite interesting and i have permission from John to share it.

What about a series of youtubeness vids? Or won't that work?:confused:

that would be great, i went to a seminar with john dickens at east coast fiberglass a month or so ago, he certainly inspires confidence.

As for how the mould was made, i just made the dash from some old wood, attached some old 2inch timber at the rear on the bottom and sanded the shape into it. I then used a load of bodyfiller to get it as smooth as i could, painted it, pva'd it and covered it in four layers of matting. Then used that as a mould to lay up the actual dash.

Found a site to host it

http://www.openfilm.com/videos/ckc-w...bon-laminating

his book on fibreglass is really good too.

hahahaaah I got a mould like that wee bump thing he is passing around:D

Interesting tips there though for folk wanting to have a go..:)

I take it Ash that demo was on at the show? Didn't know or would have gone to see that to get a fix of fumes..:)