JDM Style Tail Lights

[Noddle]

Hi,

I had some more free time and decided to test this with clear resin this afternoon.

When I finished, I could swear I smelt this stuff before, after 20 minutes or so it clicked, same smell as bog.

I will wait and see how it turns out tomorrow

Nigel

[Noddle]

Lesson for today,

make sure the resin is %100 set before de-molding,

and putting the mold back together, and warming it in the oven for 40 minutes does not fix the issue of stuffing it up...

Nigel

[Noddle]

This one is a lot better, but not good enough.

[fraz]

Looks ok looking at it on my phone? What aren't you happy with?

[Noddle]

Looks ok looking at it on my phone? What aren't you happy with?

It hasn't got a good smooth finish, I don't think I'm leaving it long enough to set, or not putting enough MEKP catalyst in it.

It's cold where I'm working on it ( about 10C ), the next one I'll put it in the oven for 30 -50 minute before I open it.

just to make sure we are talking about the same part, it's the clear center lens ( will be the reverse light )

Nigel

Edited May 30, 2011 by Noddle

[Torker Man]

This isn't a bad read either!

Great stuff nigel.

http://www.alumilite.com/howtos/TailLightCastingNoEquipment.cfm

[Noddle]

Hi,

I'm getting a nice collection now,

but I not getting the results I want,

so I sent a email to the company that I been buying my stuff from, and it appears I'm using the wrong type of resin,

hopefully in the next week my order of "BJB rigid waterclear" will turn up.

Nigel

[s13drifter]

I think alot of orders will be going in once you are happy with the products? I hope your ready for that??haha well done sir, watching with intense interest, good on you for having a go!!!

Dan

[Noddle]

Thanks you for the encouragement.

Hopefully they will turn out good, if they do, I'll sell a few of them, I don't see a big market for them,

but since I need the mould to do mine, I can do some extras, so it should help some others.

Nigel

[khughes]

Nigel,

how easy do you think it would be to create a part from scratch using this method?

could you make a solid resin block, cut it in half then carve out the reverse of the mould?

Thinking towards the GT-R style outer rings, but i could also do with making a set of larger guage rings to fit the autometer guages i will be installing

could you also post some more details on the equipment you used (vaccum setup etc.)

thanks

Edited June 10, 2011 by khughes

[Noddle]

Kent,

If I was to make something like this, I would make the part out of wood / bog / hard foam / etc., then take a mould of that.

I was looking at making the square cornered reflector ( the one on the bumper bar ), but I don't know how to get the chrome finish, I assume these have a chrome finish on the out side ( It's a bit hard to see with your photos, and the ones I have I cant see it either)

When I get some more time, I'll take some photos of my gear for you.

Nigel

[Noddle]

This is my gear,

a $10 pressure cooker, a square 10 mm thick flexi glass (I was told it's the stuff they use in excavators to stop the trees getting the driver)

a vacuum pump, vacuum gauge,

this is the main gear I use, also I can pressurize the vessel if I need to.

also I wrote some code to work out the measurement of my resin, sine it's mixed 100 : 88 parts

Nigel

Edited June 11, 2011 by Noddle