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posted by  someone claiming to be belinda on  Mon Oct 24 02:46 CST 2005 [RELATED]

We bought a "pressure pot" from Harbor Freight (actually a pressure paint spray can, capable of achieving 80 PSI) and cast the heater control piece under pressure of ~ 40 PSI and walla, no bubbles!! This is fun!

Is anybody interested in one of these heater control pieces? I could mold a few extras for a small fee. Next step is to try to mold some plastic tabs onto the back of it (like the original had). This would preclude having to glue the piece onto the metal heater control housing. You could just affix it with some tabs in the back, like all the emblems on the car are attached with.


The heater control piece is being molded with Smooth Cast 322 resin, a polyurethane with UV resistance.

I am going to also mold the speedo piece using one of the Smooth On clear resins, can't remember which one right now, but it is also a polyurethane. It is on its way this week. Unfortunately I'll be traveling for work and won't get to play with this stuff more til I get back :(






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