Say Todd.................................Dave here.
1. A surface coat was put down first, which is a thick epoxy based paste I tinted green. Dark colors help you see air pockets when making parts. The surface coat provides a inside mold surface that is slick, shinny, and almost ceramic like.
Would I be able to use my West systems #105 resin (Which is an Epoxy finish resin) to make this Paste that you have made here..?? If so, what was the material that you used for the thickiner and the tint..?? And unless I missed it, you didn't say just how much glass/resin went over the first half of the plug to form the mold, before you flipped it and went on to the second half..??
And do you get most of your materials off of the net..?? I don't live close to a town of any real size,so I'm guessing that I will have to.
Last but certainly not least, Thank You so much,for providing "Newbies" like myself with a blow by blow series such as this. I now, really, understand the old line "That a picture is worth a thousand words"..!!
Kudos..................................Dave