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Re: Wax the plug?
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 10/12/2000, 1:27 pm
In Response To: kayak building (mark)

Have you tried waxing the plug, then coating it with the mold release?

Nick suggested I do that when building my glass seats, and it makes things release even easier than with mold release alone.

Shawn

: At the present time I am in the process of building a plug of a kayak from
: which I want to cast a fibergglass mold. From this mold I intend to build
: my kayak. In the past I have had problems with the mold not separating
: well from my plug. I have made my plug from regular seaming compound
: because it is soft and easily sanded,however, after I have applied my
: parting compound to the plug I find that the resin which I use to make the
: mold of the plug eats its way through the parting compound into the plug
: and six months of work is ruined. I am looking for something to coat my
: plug which is made of seaming compound so that it will become a barrier to
: the effects of the resin and will prevent it from reacting with my plug.
: Has anyone out there got any idea what I can use as an effective
: barrier????? Thanks

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mark -- 10/12/2000, 12:34 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 10/12/2000, 5:20 pm
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Hafte -- 10/16/2000, 10:19 am
Re: kayak building
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/12/2000, 4:02 pm
Re: kayak building
garland reese -- 10/12/2000, 7:43 pm
Re: kayak building
Tom -- 10/12/2000, 5:31 pm
Re: kayak building
Tony -- 10/13/2000, 4:34 pm
Re: Wax the plug?
Shawn Baker -- 10/12/2000, 1:27 pm