Some of you may have seen on Facebook. I am going to make a mold of my dash for the CV16 V8 project. Mine was busted up pretty bad and so is both of the ones Joe had. I got one of the ones Joe had that wasn't as busted up as mine. I plan to make 2 molds. One will be the factory stock layout and one will be smooth where the gauges and switches are so you can use it for any gauge layout and for other CV-16 outboards. Also the dash will be smooth it will not have the textured finish. They do make paint that you can spray that will give it a texture for people that want that.
First I glued it back inso one piece so I could work with it. Then I headed to Express Composites to find out what I would all need for supplies. I was planning on glassing the entire back of the dash to make it more ridged so I could make a mold. They suggested that I just pour foam it, which I ended up doing and it worked great.
They set me up with all the supplies I would need to make the mold.
Below id the products they set me up with. They are in the order in which they will be applied.
1. Clean part and glue cracks together. I used 3M panel bond to do this. I taped it all back together and then glued the back side.
2. Taped off all the openings and taped up the ends so the foam would not pour out. Then poured foam in.
3. Body work to all cracked areas and straightened out areas with low spots of holes. You want to make the part your moulding perfect so the mold is good.
4. I will prime the entire dash. Then sand and fine check and repair any imperfections.
5. Paint the part.
6. Hand wax then spray PVA mold release agent.
7. Brush and tool on the Adtech resin. It is a thicker almost paste like resin. Cabsil can be added to it to thicken it up so you can tool it into corners and tight areas where you can't get glass to lay.
8. Lay up 3-4 layers of glass over the Adtech to make a good firm mould.