Plug and Mould. Where to start?

Discussion in 'Fiberglass and Composite Boat Building' started by pleasedontsink, Mar 23, 2016.

  1. pleasedontsink
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    pleasedontsink Junior Member

    Hello Good Peoples,

    I am interested in making a Plug to make a mould and finally a finished FRP product. I have no experience in this at all so am wondering if you can help me out by recommending some good reading material and/or videos to help me grasp the basics of the process. I have started reading the posts online here and have realised very quickly the complexity of the task ahead. I do not want to ask a million questions here that have probably been answered a million times before so thought if someone could get me started with a trusted source of learning it would really help me out.

    Cheers.
     
    pleasedontsink, Mar 23, 2016
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  3. pleasedontsink
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    Cheers. Found some pretty good vids on youtube but there is a lot of conflicting information. I will sort it out with much reading and watching I hope
     
    pleasedontsink, Mar 24, 2016
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