fried_rice

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For the CF epoxy I use http://compositeenvisions.com/, I wasn't able to get through to them via phone last time, but the epoxy is on ebay for about $75 per gallon. It's awesome stuff.

For the Carbon Fiber Weave, Fiberglass resin, weave, mat, and gel coat I purchased locally at Johnston Fiber. http://www.johnsonfiberglassinc.com/ At $25 a yard for CF it's cheaper than I could find online.

Purchased some fittings from here. http://www.acpsales.com/Vacuum-Bag-C...-Aluminum.html

The vacuum pump and canister were purchased at http://www.bestvaluevacs.com/vacuumpumps.html

And I can't seem to find the place I ordered all the vacuum bagging, peel ply, gum tape, etc. from but I will get that info as my buddy ordered the supplies through his email. It was really cheap, but I'm sure there are a lot of companies that are about the same price.

We spent about $500 in pump, fitting, supplies and consumables for a complete resin infusion system and many yards of CF and fiberglass. I will try to get a complete list of components for the resin infusion kit we put together, it was much cheaper than any other kit on the market.

Albatross

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I cut out the remainder of the seal. I did this so i can pack clay in without worrying about the rubber compressing when i make the mold.

fried_rice

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I had trouble with the clay coming off and contaminating the mold. I also made a rear wing of clay and it ended up deforming before it got knocked off the table and broke into 50 pieces, lol. I used bondo with success, but it's permanent and if you don't get it perfect it would be hard to sand in that grove.

Albatross

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I'm going to lay foil over the clay.
all i need is to get one good mold to start with then i can make better plugs from that.

I anticipate having to clean up the mold, getting it right, making a better plug, and then maybe making a much better mold from that part. sounds like a lot but i'm shooting for repeatability.

Albatross

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Getting the plug formed up.

fried_rice

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Are you going to use gel-coat on the mold? That's what was pulling the clay off when I did it. You have to paint it on the sunroof before laying the fiberglass. That's the red layer in my picture it provides a perfect surface that can be sanded and made perfect if you have little imperfections you don't want showing translating to the CF.

Albatross

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i think i'm going to lay aluminum foil on it before PVA and gel coat so i can just wetsand and buff out any imperfections.

DaveGS4

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Members,

A reminder that Albatross isn't selling these here on Club Lexus; he'd first need to either sign up to be a supporting vendor or sell them through an existing vendor to do that.

Please help keep his great DIY thread open by not posting WTB comments here.

Thanks.

estomax

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looks like you are making excellent progress! keep those pics coming.

Albatross

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How i'm doing the corners.



If anyone wants more details that aren't in the thread shoot me a PM.

Albatross

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a little update. I'm using non hardening clay to shape the piece how i want. I'm pretty sure i'll need to do a lot of cleanup on the mold and maybe make a new one after test fitting it to the car. I've noticed the sunroof glass has a little more curvature than the roof line. this might be unnoticeable or it might mean shaping the part and making a new mold from it once its perfect.



The adventure continues

estomax

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awesome, keep it coming! can't wait to see a laid up part.

alto832

Bump
Any update!?!?

t2d2

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^ Re-bump.

ksc300

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interesting