Quick and Dirty Mold Making (+ Wheel Reveal) - Sta-GTR build: Part 12
Here's how fiberglass molds are made when nobody's watching.
When working with composites, sometimes you can't avoid making a fiberglass mold for an intermediate step. In the case of these sideskirts, I knew that dealing with the plastic ones was just going to cause me more stress in the long run and so in this video I make a single-use mold of the sideskirts so that I can make a set of fiberglass plugs.
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Music used in this video:
Jazz Lofi Type Beat "Tokyo" - MetzMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjFrKRW-7Qw
Get Over It (Instrumental Version) - Lightboys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L00wdFZACQs
Bake a Pie - Lukrembo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iGzMp0XMR4
Forgive (The Melanphonics) - Joakim Karud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amTtA_mReqg
See You Tomorrow Sunshine - Yestalgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV9qHz0vX1E
❰Future Garage❱ Spirit - Sappheiros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVLcTEmxsKM
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Identifying the problems
01:39 - Straightening the side skirt
06:45 - Adding bracing
08:11 - Prepping the surface
09:50 - Wax and PVA
11:32 -Mold gelcoat
12:30 - Laying the fiberglass
16:04 - Demolding
17:59 - New wheels
19:53 - Prepping the mold
21:31 - Making the new side skirt
26:21 - Sneak preview
26:42 - Outro