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Old 01-13-2004, 08:06 AM   #26
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Quote: Originally Posted by _dopehead_
Just a little tip i learned while doing very oddly shaped fibreglass things. Try putting your subject into a plastic bag, tie the end around a pipe, prefrably with a valve that can be closed on it, then use a vacuum cleaner to make a vacuum in the bag, and the fibreglass will stick like crazy to the shape of the mold you are trying to use.

Jan

just make sure that the vapors from the curing process are not flammable!!!! no one wants to hear about a guy blowing up his place b/c he was vacuuming up combustable gasses...

also, unless you take the bag off quickly, wont the bag stick to the surface...

~Mike
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