making a mold of a jet ski hull help? please

[blasterboy1980]

I am making a mold of the bottom of a jetski, I have some experience working with fiberglass but I have never made a mold before. can someone tell me what I need, and in what steps they would need to apply, I know something about waxing and mda or pda, and gel coat and also I have heard of using a vacume sucking to make is perfectly flat please help. we have a small shop in orlando we modify and repair jet skis call or shoot me an emial blasterboy1980@yahoo.com or call at 912 541 0647, Im going to basically make a mold of the bottom of the ski and then use the mold to lay up some carbonfiber thank you so much

[Jimbo1490]

There are a lot of really great books on this subject. You should read at least one before you try a project like this with its potential for failure (sticking to the existing hull, ruined/wasted material, etc.) The Barnes & Noble at Fashion Square had a bunch of good books on composite fabrication the last time I was there. I would stop in this weekend and give you a few pointers but I will be too busy this time around.

Jimbo

[blasterboy1980]

I will check out the book store

[clt_capt]

Here is a good overview of the process - http://www.sweetcomposites.com/Mold.html