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« on: June 26, 2011, 02:21:25 PM »
What is the best casting material with a bondo mold if you do not want to use fiberglass resin and fiber? Thanks Ed
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2011, 10:15:48 AM »
It depends upon what was molded?

I have bondo molds of cactus pads.  I mainly pour bondo into the bondo molds to make the repro cactus pads, but can also use IE 3030 or foam.

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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2011, 06:55:42 AM »
Ditto IE 30-30 is great but also you can use 320 from Smooth-on. These two work well.
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2011, 09:47:00 AM »
What was molded? If it was a fish fin I'd use Fin Magic. If it was a fish head I would probably just use Bondo. If it was a morel, you couldn't use Bondo. Lots of answers to that question. 
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2011, 10:00:26 AM »
Sorry for the nonspecific question. The object being molded would be a whole fish. And it would be a two piece mold. Thanks for the responses so far. Ed
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2011, 10:04:10 AM »
I use thinned bondo as you would use gelcoat, then laminate the fiberglass and resin. I wouldn't use straight Bondo though.
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2011, 05:29:00 PM »
sorry to hijack but what would be the best mold release for a bondo on bondo fish mold? any help would be great thank you WRT
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2011, 06:50:16 PM »
I use car wax and car wax only....no problems what-so-ever.

I have pulled over a hundred casts from my bondo cactus molds and they do just fine.

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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2011, 08:09:53 PM »
thank you Kerby
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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2011, 01:52:08 AM »
I too use car wax, followed by a coat of PVA. Makes an easy job even easier. Wink
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2011, 03:39:45 PM »
I orderd some PVA before anyone answerd, so I will try it out to. Hope I got the right stuff ordered it on line from some boat supply co. Will see thanks for the info guys WRT
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