Mark,

as well as waxing the be-jesus out of the mold and cutting down on the
amount of hardener in your mix (longer working time of course, but also
probably not as warm a cure), try using pva over the wax as a mold release.
See what you local fiberglass guy thinks about that anyhow.

Alistair

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on 7/27/02 1:29 PM, Mark Thoma wrote:

> but apparently pushing the resin around the mold with a paintbrush was a big
> mistake.  The brush removed the wax from parts of the mold and when I went to
> lift the scoop out of the mold it wouldn't come.