Molding a new post for the side plastic panels - # - Jamie (KMG-365)'s Photos

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The rubber molding compound making a mold of the fragile plastic post on the black plastic side panel.

Another shot. I heated it up on a slab of aluminum on the stove over a gas burner. Be very careful not to over heat it or you'll get bubbles, which will make a poorer mold. Just 120-130F will do.

The mold cooled and removed. There is a little bit of powder in the mold already (I forgot to take the pic before I started filling it).

The mold filled with Plastex. I used the grey first, then the black and finished with white, so the finished product should be piebald! :-) I added the powder and the activator in layers keeping it pretty wet so all of the powder got activated until I got to the outside.

Here is the rough post out of the mold. The extra can be easily trimmed off with a Dremel and/or a file.

Here is the finished post with its base.

Another shot. This post can be cut off wherever (and whenever!) needed to replace a broken one.

The rubber molding compound making a mold of the fragile plastic post on the black plastic side panel.

The rubber molding compound making a mold of the fragile plastic post on the black plastic side panel.

The rubber molding compound making a mold of the fragile plastic post on the black plastic side panel.

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