Making a mould...

Taking the advice from this forum I finally got it right, (or I think I did), although next time I will take kapnD's advise and simply roll it. I will be doing the female mould this morning but I have a question..... When I have finished the gelcoat CSM and resin and I vacuum bag everything what happens to the excess resin. Can I put something within the bag to soak up the excess? I have seen one tip advising kitchen paper towels ....??

 

So now we have the answer where all those single socks disappear to....

 

A report back, It seemed have worked, thanks to all the tremendous support I got on this forum, thank you all...... I have a few seemingly little issues which I will tackle in time, but my female mould is done and once again thanks for all the support and advice

 

Okay sooner than I thought, another question. Can I paint the gelcoat into my female mould and still then vacuum infuse the resin. I assume I need to let the gel set to a certain extent but I guess my question is will the mechanical fix between the infused resin and the gelcoat be affected if I don't get the timing perfect?

 

You need to let it gel to the point where it can be laminated on (about an hour), after that you’ve got a day or so to infuse.

 

Thanks..... so plenty of time, although I will of course do it at least the same day but let it gel.

 

Any updates on this in terms of making the part from the mold?

 

Indeed have had great success ....aplogies for not coming back asI said I would, I will post some pics tomorrow of what I have managed to achieve following all the advice I got on this forum.

 

Hi, did you make the party?

 

where was the party? I missed it

 

I think the party was in S Africa, though I thought I heard some distant revelry!

 

Ahahah sorry typo

 

How come I wasn't invited?