I just completed making my first molded part, the lower intersection fairing. I used Plastilline clay to shape the mold. It was fairingly easy to use and I am happy with the shape I was able to form.
Before laying up the glass, I applied a mold release to the clay. After the glass set up, I cut the intersection fairing and separated the wheel fairing halves. I had expected the halves to separate from the clay but instead, the clay fractured and remained stuck inside of the intersection halves. I scraped as much of the clay that I could from the fairing. There is still debris that I would like to remove. Instead of experimenting with a bunch of different solvents to dissolve and remove the clay, I thought that there must be others that have already tackled this problem.
The questions are:
What is used to remove clay from fiberglassed parts? and
Is there a better way to prevent the clay from remaining inside the intersection fairing when the halves are separated?
Thanks!
Before laying up the glass, I applied a mold release to the clay. After the glass set up, I cut the intersection fairing and separated the wheel fairing halves. I had expected the halves to separate from the clay but instead, the clay fractured and remained stuck inside of the intersection halves. I scraped as much of the clay that I could from the fairing. There is still debris that I would like to remove. Instead of experimenting with a bunch of different solvents to dissolve and remove the clay, I thought that there must be others that have already tackled this problem.
The questions are:
What is used to remove clay from fiberglassed parts? and
Is there a better way to prevent the clay from remaining inside the intersection fairing when the halves are separated?
Thanks!