Garage Night

Success!

After leaving it overnight to cure – I headed out to check on the seat first thing in the morning.  I gave the baseboard a bit of a flex, and the seat mold started lifting pretty easily.  I unscrewed the baseboard from the seat plug, and with a few worrying cracks and rips, the board came free.

I then noticed that I hadn’t sealed properly all the way around the baseboard, so some resin had leaked between the two, creating a small lip.  This was easily chipped off with a screw driver.

Then came the more difficult task of getting the plug out of the mold.  The mold is faily rigid, and it is a perfect fit over the plug.  I managed to push down on the flat part of the seat, and loosen the mold from the plug. After a bit more head scratching, I worked out that with a gentle tap with the timber handle of a hammer, and the mold appeared to come away from the plug.

I reapeated this all the way around, and then was able to flex the flat part of the seat enough to grab hold of the plug, and lever it out of the mold.

To say I’m excited is an understatement!

Now the bad.  There are a few air bubble in the fibreglass.  There is 1 small spot that will require some body filler before the actual seat is made.  I don’t think it will cause any issues.  Oh – and I also embedded the garage night banner logo into the seat mold. 🙂

Next step is to clean up the lip, sand back any rough spots and sort out how to fill the small air bubble.

Then wax the mold and make the seat.  I can taste the beer already..