Brian, I supposed you could do it that way but the PVA would come off with the finished part. I waxed on top of it and the final part was easily removed with the PVA remaining attached to the plug.
Jeff Lange Race 64 - Skye Racer Blog: http://schmleff.blogspot.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/schmleff On Jul 7, 2013, at 11:04 AM, <brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com> wrote: > You are supposed to wax and then PVA. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: KR> release agent > From: "schmleff ." <schmleff at gmail.com> > Date: Sat, July 06, 2013 6:44 pm > To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > > Mike, > > Having used all sorts of things as mold release (and having just made > a new nose bowl for my cowl), I have found polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to > be very easy. Its basically a sprayable rubber. Spray on a few coats > as you would paint, wax it three times and nothing will stick to it. > No tape ripples and it cleans up with water. > > You can typically find at at craft stores as its commonly used in sculpting. > > Here is a brief write up on my blog: > http://schmleff.blogspot.com/2013/05/applying-fiberglass-to-cowl.html > > For simple parts, its hard to beat plastic packing tape IMHO. > > Jeff Lange > > On 7/6/13, Mike Sylvester <shagster60 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys, I'm in better spirits this weekend than the last. I'm making > > another attempt to build this cowl and this time she's coming together > > nicely. I know that electrical tape, duct tape and plastic are good release > > agents but what about shrink wrap ? The really thin stuff. Just thinking > > that it would be easier to shrink wrap this mail plug than to try and get > > duct tape to stick to it. Anybody tried it ? > > > > Mike Sylvester > > kr2s builder > > Birmingham,AL. > > > > Cell no.205-966-3854 > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > > options > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
