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Molding and Casting a White Crappie the Final part (The Casting)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Here is our Final steps in casting the blank.
After the PVA is Dry and the mold is ready to go.
We brush on the Gelcoat. The Gelcoat is your detail coat so make sure there are no bubbles.

I will be using a different resin for the fins so just cover the body.
We dont want this to […]

Garden Pond

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Well work has officially begun. Not that its a lake we are building or anything grand, just a simple concrete garden pond.
I have been arm deep in liquid stone for days. but its starting to take shape.

Updated Website and replica blank list

Monday, July 14th, 2008

I finally did an inventory of my molds and have a full list, I will be adding photos as I go.
But for now here are the molds I have available.
http://www.knuthart.com/products.html
Some fish I have in progress are a 24-25″ Walleye, 40″ Northern pike.

Molding and casting a white crappie part 3 (Mold Preparation)

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Now I will go over the next stage in the process.
Mold Preparation

I inspect the mold, I am looking for undercuts and overhangs as well as voids and pockets created by bubbles.
This mold turned out well, I had a small spot by the eye that needed to be ground down, I also cleaned up the fin […]

Molding a White crappie using the bondo method video.

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Below are two short videos showing the techniques I used in molding a white crappie with fiberglass resin.
In the near future I will be working on a higher quality DVD showing molding and casting techniques, I will also be offering one on one classes on molding and casting techniques.

Thanks for watching, and good luck!
~Joshua

Molding a White crappie using the bondo and fiberglass resin.

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Here I will go over my basic method for molding a fish in fiberglass resin.
This is a basic rundown there is a bit more involved in my method then this, and each fish is done differently.

Here is our subject. A nice looking 12″ white crappie.
The first thing we do is wash the fish and […]