jay
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Post by jay on May 15, 2019 7:34:27 GMT -5
Hello there....
I'm kinda stuck in the middle of my project. I am trying to re-create my steering wheel but the resin I have is not rubbery. It is more of the foam being used to fill holes?
I am looking for the resin that would be okay to be used on a steering wheel. possibly rubbery or better expandable.
Any idea?
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Post by Brian on May 15, 2019 21:17:49 GMT -5
....Resin isn't going to be rubbery. To get the rubber texture , you will have to coat the resin cast steering wheel with a rubber grip material....like when you drip the handle of a hand tool to give it better grip.
Anything that would be rubbery upon being poured/cured would end up being too flexible.
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Post by notoes on May 16, 2019 6:43:32 GMT -5
Alumilite does have a line of Flex resin and a line of Foam series, but that being said I don't think either one will give you the proper strength a steering wheel needs - you'll need to use a regular "hard" resin like RC-3 and coat it like Brian said. The coating is where the Flex and Foam series would come in. I know the Flex can be poured on but I'd create a mold, cast a hard resin wheel smaller than needed and suspend it in the Flex (either by pouring a thin layer and letting it harden up first) then pouring the Flex over the hard wheel to create the flexible "cover".
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jay
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Post by jay on May 16, 2019 9:14:23 GMT -5
Thank your your support. I will need the rubbery feeling as I will cover it with leather (upholstery). I was thinking of the same material manufacturer use for their steering... www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wh5nr0IChAIt is a polyurethane foam... do you know when I can find this? |
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Post by notoes on May 23, 2019 9:21:28 GMT -5
Alumilite does have a line of foams and of plastics, one of those might be what you need - look under the link for the Casting Resins. I haven't used either the foam line or the plastic line so I'm not sure which would be best but that's a place to start at least.
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