Bob's Retirement Build - My '55 TF

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Originally Posted by DransportGarage

What do you think about using only a 1-mil plastic film between the mold and the 'glass? I didn't want to use anything that would pucker up under the 'glass.

i'm not sure if your making a mold or if your just glassing a one off headliner in place
most of my glass was done in place over cardboard with tape and paste wax
or free form using a space frame and cloth

the plastic may pucker (look at 3rd pic down) and/or dissolve when the resin is applied
the easiest way is to cover everything with masking tape, smooth the tape as well as you can
then use pva mold release (expensive and only available in specialty stores) or
do and ogre and just use paste wax, use a couple coats of wax and the pattern should release

if you can get an edge to come up, shoot some compressed air under the pattern to finish the job
you'll need 4 or 5 layers of 3/4oz mat to keep an area that large from warping or breaking

i used many rolls of waxed tape on truk when doing the glass





when i made the tonneau cover i tried taping waxed foil to a wooden form
this is what i ended up with, it took a lot to make it paint ready



here's the cardboard and waxed tape buck i made for the radiator cover