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Old 01-18-2010 | 08:41 PM
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JFranco
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Default Wow, it worked!

Hi,

Maybe you guys had this idea already, but it was new for me.

I am restoring a SuperFli that I bought at auction for $10. One of the missing parts was the cowl.
I found some old MAN plans for the SuperFli that used a wooden cowl. After I made the cowl I figured
that I might as well try to use that as a mold for a fiberglass one, but wanted to conserve the wooden
cowl in case it did not work.

I covered the wooden cowl with masking tape, coated that with Vaseline, then put glad wrap over that.
Glassed it, let it dry, sanded, then using a heat gun, heating it a little to get the Vaseline slick. A little
convincing and off popped my new fiberglass cowl!

With a little trimming and a patch on one spot it will be fine. I was not sure this was going to work, so
I kind if rushed it a little. Next time it will need less sanding a patches.
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