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Ben Lipman
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Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 09:51 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a)

I laid up the passenger door frame yesterday. Not much to report. Everything went fine. I am going to exercise some patience with this one and leave it in the mould for a week. No rush to get it out, and seeing as this gives the door skin its structure, it is vital it is the correct shape.

I have run completely out of resin. I had to dismantle pumps and empty all the containers to scrape together enough hardener to make this frame. I think it is time to buy a 24L bulk pack. A door is consuming over 4L to make, and there has to be some savings to be found buying in bulk. Just need to find out how much this will sting me. $600? $700? I saw some on ebay for $685 plus freight from Vic. 4.8L is costing about $180, so $900 for 24L when bought this way. If the local shop can do around $700 I'd be happy to pay as it still represents a $200 saving.


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The final mould needs a lot of work. It is the one I had all the dramas with, running out of chopped strand mat and trying to use the heavy woven roving instead. It shows. There are air pockets, gelcoat bleed through, and other faults that all need filling and sanding to rectify. I think I will need to sand the entire mould and give it a few coats of polyurethane clear to get a decent finish on it. I am almost considering doing another mould, except that door has been sitting out in the weather for 4 weeks now and would be a lot of work to prep again.

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