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Soul Cycle Mothership, a molded fiberglass speaker cabinet for bicycles.

Step 8Apply mold release, then paint your shape with flexible moldmaking polyurethane rubber.

Apply mold release, then paint your shape with flexible moldmaking polyurethane rubber.
Build thin coats up until you have a 1/4" - 1/2" thick mask. You paint the sticky liquid rubber on the shape, about 1/16" at a time. Many coats are required. The liquid rubber I used mixes by volume. Part A was the consistency of light honey. Part B was the consistency of creamy peanut butter. Getting equal volume is difficult with the the Part B, because when you try to put it in a cup, the voids are huge and it's impossible to measure the volume accurately. I ended up eyeballing it, which I do not recommend, because certain layers in my mold did not fully cure. In other words, I know that the longevity of this mold has been reduced by not getting accurate 1:1 by volume mixes. Next time I'd probably find what the weight ratio is and then use a scale to get 1:1 mixes.
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