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    6/05/2014 7:02 PM  #26

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

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    Are you going to sand it smooth or some other thing or just leave it?  Some wrinkle paint would make it look uniform.

    I will lightly sand the rough spots just to clean it up a bit.  Rather than wrinkle paint ​I was actually thinking of getting some spray on truck bed liner   I am torn between that and a semigloss paint.  Either way it is two shiny as it is.  
     

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    6/06/2014 6:41 PM  #27

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    went with truck bed liner and am very pleased with the result.  As soon as it fully dries I will install it and be done with this project.

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    6/06/2014 7:05 PM  #28

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    Don't feek bad about having to disassemble your "tooling to release the molded part.  The engineers on the V-22 Osprey have the exact same problem on alot of their composite parts once they come out of the autoclave.  Syndrome known as MECHANCALLY LOCKED.  Only diff is their tooling does not come apart!

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    6/06/2014 8:32 PM  #29

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

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    Don't feel bad about having to disassemble your "tooling to release the molded part.  The engineers on the V-22 Osprey have the exact same problem on a lot of their composite parts once they come out of the autoclave.  Syndrome known as MECHANICALLY LOCKED.  Only diff is their tooling does not come apart!

    I am just glad I spent a lot of time thinking through this project before I started it and realized that making the plug so that I could easily take it apart was a good idea.
     

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    6/06/2014 9:40 PM  #30

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    Daze the next time that you make a shroud try waxing your form with Johnson floor wax it acts as a releace agant and your fleece and glass cloth will not stick to your form after you put your risan on your cloth.

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    6/07/2014 8:22 AM  #31

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    Daze, I have never made a fan shroud before, but I have worked with glass and resin before, and found that wax paper - like used for cooking - makes a pretty good release product.  Staple it on, but not where the glass/resin will contact it.  Cheap and easy.
    Enjoy,
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    6/07/2014 10:40 AM  #32

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    Waxing or mold release agents only work well on smooth, hard molds.  They would not be effective on raw plywood surfaces or edges.

     

    6/07/2014 11:43 AM  #33

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    Daze , That gluing the clothespins to the shroud trick sounds like something I'd pull!!  You get so wrapped up in the project that the simplest things kick your butt!!  Great project!  Is that for the Galaxie or the Mustang??

     

    6/07/2014 3:44 PM  #34

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    Daze, wax paper - like used in the kitchen - is a good release agent.
    That shroud looks really good.
    Pablo

     

    6/07/2014 3:45 PM  #35

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    Sorry 'bout the double post.  I looked and did not see the earlier post, so I thought it got lost in "electronic limbo", and re did it.  Oh well!

     

    6/15/2014 9:47 PM  #36

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    that came out awesome!
    and for what it's worth, Pablo is dead on. wax paper works great for releasing glass.

     

    8/11/2014 7:37 PM  #37

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    Re: used an old blanket and some plywood to make a fan shroud

    UPDATE,  Works great in hot weather.  It has been in the 90s here in MT and even when idling the car temp holds firm.  This shroud is one of the better improvements I have made to this car.

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