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poison 03-24-2009 09:00 PM

making a cowl
 
how do you make fiberglass cowl I heard someone say you can use styrofoam for a mold and epxoy fiber glasses cloth to that? any ideas or pointers

Avaiojet 03-25-2009 06:05 PM

RE: making a cowl
 
Look around, there are many Threads about that subject.

Charles

Edwin 03-25-2009 06:52 PM

RE: making a cowl
 
This is how I do it.
Edwin

http://www.austinrc.org/fiberglasseditoral.html

Crash Campbell 03-25-2009 08:01 PM

RE: making a cowl
 
Hi,

Try Paul's method it worked for me first time:D

http://airfieldmodels.com/informatio...cowl/index.htm

Cheers,

Colin

Campy 04-05-2009 03:41 PM

RE: making a cowl
 
If it is a one time cowl do a "Lost Foam" method.

FWIW - When I do a glass cowl I ALWAYS cover the foam plug with low temp film. SOME epoxy resins WILL EAT some types of foam. The film covering ensures that everyone stays on their "diet". {:-)


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