Guest tom sixbey Posted December 25, 2001 Share Posted December 25, 2001 i'm making my own zcar spoiler that (if i can make a good mold of it) i can offer for sale... once i finish sculpting it, how would i go about creating a mold that i could lay fiberglass in later? BTW it looks sorta like the motorsport 3 piece spoiler, except it's one piece, and points forward at the corners. - i'll provide pictures once i have a final product... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Once you have your original part shaped to your satisfaction, then your ready to pull a mold. The mold material depends on how complex the original part is. The prefered material is a gel coated fiberglass mold, this will allow you to pull many parts before refurbishing the mold. If the original part has any areas of "negative draft", in other words any areas that return greater than 90 degrees, then you will need to use a silicone mold with a fiberglass "mother mold". The mother mold allows the part to hold its shape and the silicone liner allows you to demold parts with negative draft. This is all in very broad terms and would definetly recommend you read up on the subject. Good luck with your project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 thanks jeff - do you know if there are any companies can make molds like these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 A local boat building company here in town (out of business now) offered to make molds of any pieces I wanted for a fee. Never took them up on the offer though. So I would first check places like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 hmmm... i'll look for something like that here in memphis.. - ASSUMING i can actually get this darned thing straight. it's gonna wind up being a bondo sculpture before long. BTW - terry, that reminds me - did you discover any especially useful techiniques for this stuff when you built your car? <-- i've inhaled too much glass dust!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 Tom, lots of stuff here. Perhaps we could agree on a time to go to chat and discuss it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 sure - that would be great! - It seems i'll be free until saturday all week, so anytime is good. Post a time that's good for you. I can say for sure that i will be online at 8:00 CST tonight. i'll check to see if your online then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 The January 2002 issue of Hot Rod magazine has an article in it on making your own fiberglass parts. I just felt like adding my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 Tom, I'll be at the chat site tonight at 2000 cst too. BTW, Hot Rod TV talked about the fiberglass methods this past week (I assume it was basically the same thing as in there publication). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 its too bad i missed it... I'm probably going to hop over to barnes and noble and read some fiberglass books when i get back to memphis... I'll see you in the chat board... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 darkwolf - i'm gonna check that out - thanks for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 No problem, just glad I could Help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 Hey tom, i was thinkin on making a spoiler too, maybe you could send me some pix on it. Also, how did you make the mold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 that's what blueovalz and i were discussing last night... - as of now, i dont even have the shape exactly right. - as soon as i get some stuff to show you, i will. - until that time i will keep this topic alive... my guess about the mold is that it will require at least 2 seperate molds.. one for the top of the spoiler, and one to catch the subtle curve of the hatchside mounting surface (my spoiler will mount flush to the deck). i'd have to bond these 2 molded pieces together to create the actual spoiler... I'll keep you posted.. - lemme know if you get any ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Terry, do you have any templates or anything that would help me to make the rear of my Z look like your Son's car? I believe it was a Ferari style rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 No I don't. Sorry me for not having enough foresight to do this (as with my blue one too). The 250 GTO was indeed my inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 There are some technical articles posted atfiberglast.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted January 30, 2002 Share Posted January 30, 2002 GOOD news guys... - i have the "rough" shape of the spoiler almost completed, and i'm about ready to go to the final shaping phase... - it looks GREAT.... i'll post pictures ASAP - Terry, thanks for all the advice - it's getting there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted January 30, 2002 Share Posted January 30, 2002 Any pics yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom sixbey Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 yeah - they've been taken but not developed - i'll try to get them on in a week or so.. - right now i'm too busy because of my motor situation (head bolt broken off in block). this is my daily driver, so i'm stressed to get it fixed right away.... - i'll keep you posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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