Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Looks pretty smooth, huh?

So, I started to lay mat on the styrofoam and as I got into it I noticed the resin was eating little holes in the styrofoam, but I kept going. By the time I had the first layer of mat on the entire styrofoam mold was disintegrating from the resin. As I watched it, more and more of the styrofoam disappeared until the mat had sagged into about a two inch depression all the way around, and the sides had shrunk in.

I didn't know what to do, so I ripped out all of the mat I had laid up and cleaned up the gooey mess with acetone to try to salvage my floorboard. Luckily I was able to do it, and some sanding will get rid of the rest.

I don't know what went wrong, but I am not going to attempt this method again. I know Tom and Ken like it, and maybe I did something wrong like ommiting a barrier coat of some kind, but it sure didn't work for me.

Right now I don't want to see that car for a few days, but when I get back on it I am going to build the plywood pieces like I originally planned and maybe use poster board over it with a coat of resin to make a mold. That is what I did on my '27 and it worked great.

Time to head to the freezer and see if that frozen concoction is ready to drink. Shoulda stayed in bed today.


Don

Oh, here are pictures of the end result. First picture is the styrofoam after I pulled off the gooey mat, and the second one is the mat sitting in the garbage can.


Don